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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: filter to generate boards for troff
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 22:37:40 EST
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> Has anyone written a filter to convert human-readable
> board positions into input for the chess macros which came with 4bsd?
> It would take a board that looked like > 
> rnbqkbnr
> pppppppp
> ........
[etc.]
> 
> And transform it into
> 
> HTTTTTTTTX
> VrmblkansF
> VopopopopF
> V0Z0Z0Z0ZF
[etc.]
> 
A simple sed script could probably do that...
I have a simple Forsythe-to-troff converter.  It takes input like
8/1rn6/3B4/6Pp/2PP3k/1K6/1n5n/8.  Anybody who wants it, send mail.
-- 
Col. G. L. Sicherman
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