[pbmserv-dev] minimal graphic interface

[Randall Bart <barticus@att.net>]

Currently there's a graphic interface for about 40% of the games on the 
server.  You're doing more, but even at one a week it will take two more 
years.  For some games, the volume is so low that there's no justification 
for spending a dozen or more hours working on it.  OTOH, some games might 
be more popular if they had a GUI.

I would like to propose a half assed solution.  For any game where there 
isn't a tailored GUI, use a generic GUI.  Show the ASCII board (like a show 
command) and give the user a place to enter a move as free 
text.  Integrated with the existing submit/confirm feature of various 
games, it should be a lot better than nothing.

Unfortunately, this will not help Quoridor, a game a like but find 
unplayable with the current interface where N is up on some boards and down 
on others.

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