Re: [pbmserv-dev] Adding a command to a game

[Robert Barrell <games@rdbhn.org>]

Richard Rognlie wrote:

> Define a couple of virtual methods in Game
>
> 	Game::ShowSGF()   
> Look at the code for Game::ShowAs().
>
> ShowSGF could call doShowSGF... 
> 	Game::doShowSGF()   
>
> which might be defined as 'sgf format not defined for $GameType'
>
>
> But then you could override that with Go::doShowSGF()
>  
Oops!  I hadn't retrieved this email yet, and the above answers one of 
the questions I just asked, so I am on the right track.

> so... game.cpp does the cmd parsing... and calls ShowSGF().
>
> ShowSGF() runs through the list of arguments to get the boards to display
> and for each one, calls doShowSGF() [which is board specific]
>
>
> Again... much like game.cpp calls ShowAs.... which calls PrintBoardAs
> (details are foggy, but you get the idea)
Actually, ShowAs is exactly what I chose to use as a model, but it and 
PrintAs wend their ways all over the place!

I'll double check the rest of what I was trying and see how it matches 
what you described.

Thanks!
 --Rob