UCI wrapper?

[KLc]

Dammit, polyglot is indeed exactly what I was looking for! I always thought it's just a winboard adapter. Thank you very much!

I got the Polyglot sources from https://github.com/flok99/polyglot.

[Ras]

I just want to conveniently supply them with the options.

For that kind of test, I have a text file with all the options line by line. I just copy/paste that into the terminal window where the engine is started. Useful e.g. for quick tests to see whether a certain change makes search faster or not.

[hgm]

You could also take the Polyglot 2.x sources from my git repository ('learn' branch): http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cg ... eads/learn .

[lucasart]

I had a look at cutechess-cli and c-chess-cli. They basically do what I want but they require two engines and are designed to start a match. That's not what I want. I just want one engine and this should wait for input—like if I would just start the engine from the command line.

Of course, these tools are not meant to be interactive. If you want to *interact* with an engine, you need a GUI. But if you are indeed programming a new engine, you should not start with a GUI. You should start by using the command line, and interacting manually (typing UCI commands) with your engine. This forces you to understand what you are doing, without mixing things up with intermediary layers.

[OfekShochat]

isnt that just default parameters? if it is, you can just set them (probably they arent because you know)

[KLc]

You could also take the Polyglot 2.x sources from my git repository ('learn' branch): http://hgm.nubati.net/cgi-bin/gitweb.cg ... eads/learn .

Thanks. Is this also on Github so that I can fork this? I noticed an issue with EngineName. This is not set at all. I think the code in main.c in lines 468 to 475 doesn't make sense. Maybe I misunderstand something but I changed from

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option_set_default(Option,"EngineName",Uci->name);

        // get engine name from engine if not supplied in config file or on
        // the command line

    if (my_string_equal(option_get_string(Option,"EngineName"),"<empty>")) {
        option_set(Option,"EngineName",Uci->name);
    }

to

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if (my_string_equal(option_get_string(Option,"EngineName"),"<empty>")) {
			option_set_default(Option,"EngineName",Uci->name);
			option_set(Option,"EngineName",Uci->name);
		} else {
			my_string_set(&Uci->name,option_get_string(Option,"EngineName"));
		}

and now this seems to work. I also have some troubles when using EnginePath. I'll look into this.

[KLc]

Of course, these tools are not meant to be interactive. If you want to *interact* with an engine, you need a GUI. But if you are indeed programming a new engine, you should not start with a GUI. You should start by using the command line, and interacting manually (typing UCI commands) with your engine. This forces you to understand what you are doing, without mixing things up with intermediary layers.

No, I want to play them myself (dumbed down) and also use them for analysis with other programs and scripts, and I always want the same engine configuration. Polyglot is exactly what I needed.

[OfekShochat]

only saying. cutechess-cli wasnt the option I intended for. it is libcutechess