Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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Roland Chastain
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Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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In order to use XBoard engines in my GUI, I would need a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci. Would someone have some ideas about the way of doing that? Would someone else be interested in such a tool?
It's a pity that Wb2Uci source code isn't available. But anyway I guess that it uses Windows API for the pipes.
Thank you for sharing your ideas.
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Re: Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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Source, along with Winboard/Xboard:

http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi

Follow "summary" and "snapshot" links to source, although there may be a better way to find things.
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Re: Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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brianr wrote: Sat Dec 21, 2019 1:43 pm Source, along with Winboard/Xboard:

http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi

Follow "summary" and "snapshot" links to source, although there may be a better way to find things.
Thank you for your answer. Yes, I will study the code of uci2wb. It can be a good starting point.
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Re: Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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I took a look at uci2wb source code. It's a great piece of code, but too strong for me. :)

I believe it will be easier to implement xboard protocol support in my GUI.
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Re: Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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Note that UCI2WB is the opposite of what you asked for. It is for running UCI engines in a WB GUI.
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Re: Looking for a crossplatform equivalent of Wb2Uci

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hgm wrote: Sun Dec 22, 2019 10:10 am Note that UCI2WB is the opposite of what you asked for. It is for running UCI engines in a WB GUI.
Thank you for your answer. Yes, I know.
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