InBetween for Linux

[michiguel]

Is there anywhere such a tool?

Miguel

[mhalstern]

Is there anywhere such a tool?

Miguel

Please describe in more detail exactly what you are looking for.

[Dann Corbit]

Is there anywhere such a tool?

Miguel

Please describe in more detail exactly what you are looking for.

InBetween is an API capture tool to collect the conversation between a chess engine and the GUI.

[hgm]

Not so much collect, as well perform substitutions in it, based on a config file that lists which words in the communication should be substituted by which others.

It is mainy used to solve problems with non-compliant engines, by putting it between GUI and engine.

[michiguel]

Not so much collect, as well perform substitutions in it, based on a config file that lists which words in the communication should be substituted by which others.

It is mainy used to solve problems with non-compliant engines, by putting it between GUI and engine.

Actually both are right. According to the documentation it can log the communication between the the GUI and the engine if it is desired. In fact, I may like to use it for that purpose. I need it in Windows to track problems between Gaviota and GUIs like aquarium and chessmaster that were reported not to work, but I like to use tools that are available also in Linux.

Miguel

[hgm]

Using a two-way tee could serve that purpose, not? Run

tee gui2engine | engine | tee engine2gui

in stead of the bare engine. Or does that give problems with buffering?

One off-topic question: during CCT you mentioned the benign XBoard bug, of the error diaog not reacting to the OK button. Are you sure that this was not because there is _another_ error dialog behind it, which has somehow grabbed the mouse? When this happens again, could you just move away the non-responding dialog window, rather than closig it, to see if there is anything behind it?

[michiguel]

Using a two-way tee could serve that purpose, not? Run

tee gui2engine | engine | tee engine2gui

in stead of the bare engine. Or does that give problems with buffering?

I will take a look. Otherwise, in the future I may hack you micromax2wb adapter that seems to me simple to modify.

One off-topic question: during CCT you mentioned the benign XBoard bug, of the error diaog not reacting to the OK button. Are you sure that this was not because there is _another_ error dialog behind it, which has somehow grabbed the mouse? When this happens again, could you just move away the non-responding dialog window, rather than closig it, to see if there is anything behind it?

I just tried and the problem remains even after moving the dialog.

Miguel

[Roland Chastain]

Using a two-way tee could serve that purpose, not? Run

tee gui2engine | engine | tee engine2gui

in stead of the bare engine. Or does that give problems with buffering?

Hello! Sorry to restart an old discussion, but I tried that trick and it works!

I created a file named spy with this content,

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tee gui2engine.txt | ./cheng4_linux_x64 | tee engine2gui.txt

made the file executable, and loaded it in XBoard, and I could play a game. It's a very nice trick.

Best regards.

Roland