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Re: [pbmserv-dev] Stymie enhancements



On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 06:37:50AM -0800, Lyman Hurd wrote:
> Removing the lines between consecutive cells of the
> same orientation really helps.
> 
> Marking the last move is always a good idea.
> 
> I think personally that while using | and _ symbols
> makes some logical sense, I find it confusing as I
> expect line-like symbols to be structural and not part
> of a move.  I use Paul Wamelen's server for Conhex and
> so the issue doesn't arise (it's all in color).
> 
> What would it look like if you kept v, h but did
> remove wall boundaries?


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      )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
15  |     |     |     |     |  h  |     |  V  |     | 15  
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \     \   /     / \   /
14    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-( h )-( V   (   )-(   14
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \     \ /   \
13  |     |     |     |     |     |     |  v  |     | 13
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /     / \   /
12    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-( h )-( v )-( v )-(   )-(   12
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /     /   \       /   \ /   \
11  |     |     |     |  h  |     |  v  |     |     | 11
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /     / \   / \   /
10    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-( v )-(   )-(   )-(   10
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /     /   \ /   \ /   \
 9  |     |     |     |     |  v  |  h  |     |     | 9
     \   / \   / \   / \   /     /     / \   / \   /
 8    )-(   )-(   )-( h )-( v   ( h )-(   )-(   )-(   8
     /   \ /   \ /     /         \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 7  |     |     |  h  |  v     v  |     |     |     | 7
     \   / \   / \   /     / \   / \   / \   / \   /
 6    )-(   )-(   )-( v   (   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   6
     /   \ /   \ /         \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 5  |     |     |  v     v  |     |  h  |     |     | 5
     \   / \   /     / \   / \   /     / \   / \   /
 4    )-(   )-( v )-(   )-( h )-( h )-(   )-(   )-(   4
     /   \ /     /   \ /     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 3  |     |  v  |     |  h  |     |     |     |     | 3
     \   /     / \   / \     \   / \   / \   / \   /
 2    )-( v )-( h )-(   )   h )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   2
     /   \ /   \     \ /     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 1  |     |     |  h  |  h  |     |     |     |     | 1
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
      )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(

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I don't see that helping.   But using that algorithm for removing the
walls then going back to then fill in the groups might make sense...

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     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
15  |     |     |     |     |  h  |     |  V  |     | 15  
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \     \   /     / \   /
14    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-. h )-( V   (   )-(   14
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \     \ /   \
13  |     |     |     |     |     |     |  v  |     | 13
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /     / \   /
12    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-' h )-( v `-' v ,-(   )-(   12
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /     /   \       /   \ /   \
11  |     |     |     |  h  |     |  v  |     |     | 11
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /     / \   / \   /
10    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-' v ,-(   )-(   )-(   10
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /     /   \ /   \ /   \
 9  |     |     |     |     |  v  |  h  |     |     | 9
     \   / \   / \   / \   /     /     / \   / \   /
 8    )-(   )-(   )-( h )-' v   ( h ,-(   )-(   )-(   8
     /   \ /   \ /     /         \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 7  |     |     |  h  |  v     v  |     |     |     | 7
     \   / \   / \   /     / \   / \   / \   / \   /
 6    )-(   )-(   )-' v   (   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   6
     /   \ /   \ /         \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 5  |     |     |  v     v  |     |  h  |     |     | 5
     \   / \   /     / \   / \   /     / \   / \   /
 4    )-(   )-' v ,-(   )-' h )-( h ,-(   )-(   )-(   4
     /   \ /     /   \ /     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 3  |     |  v  |     |  h  |     |     |     |     | 3
     \   /     / \   / \     \   / \   / \   / \   /
 2    )-( v ,-( h `-(   )   h )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   2
     /   \ /   \     \ /     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 1  |     |     |  h     h  |     |     |     |     | 1
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   / \   /
      )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(

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      ,-.   ,-.   ,-.   ,-.   ,-.   ,-.   ,-.   ,-.
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /---\ /   \ /|||\ /   \
15  |     |     |     |     |-----|     |||V|||     | 15  
     \   / \   / \   / \   / \-----\   /|||||/ \   /
14    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-.---)-(|V|||(   )-(   14
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \-/   \|||||\ /   \
13  |     |     |     |     |     |     |||||||     | 13
     \   / \   / \   / \   /-\   /|\   /|||||/ \   /
12    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-'---)-(|||`-'|||,-(   )-(   12
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /-----/   \|||||||/   \ /   \
11  |     |     |     |-----|     |||||||     |     | 11
     \   / \   / \   / \---/ \   /|||||/ \   / \   /
10    )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-'|||,-(   )-(   )-(   10
     /   \ /   \ /   \ /   \ /|||||/---\ /   \ /   \
 9  |     |     |     |     |||||||-----|     |     | 9
     \   / \   / \   /-\   /|||||/-----/ \   / \   /
 8    )-(   )-(   )-'---)-'|||||(---,-(   )-(   )-(   8
     /   \ /   \ /-----/|||||||||\-/   \ /   \ /   \
 7  |     |     |-----|||||||||||||     |     |     | 7
     \   / \   / \---/|||||/ \|||/ \   / \   / \   /
 6    )-(   )-(   )-'|||||(   )-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   6
     /   \ /   \ /|||||||||\ /   \ /---\ /   \ /   \
 5  |     |     |||||||||||||     |-----|     |     | 5
     \   / \   /|||||/ \|||/-\   /-----/ \   / \   /
 4    )-(   )-'|||,-(   )-'---)-(---,-(   )-(   )-(   4
     /   \ /|||||/   \ /-----/   \-/   \ /   \ /   \
 3  |     |||||||     |-----|     |     |     |     | 3
     \   /|||||/-\   / \-----\   / \   / \   / \   /
 2    )-(|||,-(---`-(   )-----)-(   )-(   )-(   )-(   2
     /   \|/   \-----\ /-----/   \ /   \ /   \ /   \
 1  |     |     |-----------|     |     |     |     | 1
     \   / \   / \---/ \---/ \   / \   / \   / \   /
      `-'   `-'   `-'   `-'   `-'   `-'   `-'   `-'

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