Re: Problems with auto-roll and auto-play functions

[MK]

On 1/19/2024 2:37 AM, Ian Shaw wrote:

> I know nothing of Python, so I can’t help you with that. Good luck.

I just spent a couple hours on Python today, starting with this
post from Michael Petch in December 2013:

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnubg/2013-12/msg00013.html

It briefly explain how to start using the GNUBG module. Then I
visited https://docs.python.org/3.10/tutorial/index.html and
selectively read from the Python tutorial some sections to get
a quick start.

If you know other programming languages, you'll pick it up very
fast. I really like it. I was able to quickly figure out the
individual parts of the script that I need already, using the
interactive interpreter. Hopefully I will be able to assemble
them into an actual script file and will share it freely when
I get it working. I would encourage you and anyone who wants
to experiment with GnuBG to take a look at it.

Are you one of the GnuBG development team? My other comments
about the auto-roll and auto-play functions, (unrelated to the
specific subject of the script making cube decisions for the
bot), are still valid and hopefully will be heeded by the GnuBG
team. In fact, they cause problems in the GUI also. If interested
you guys can look at this thread in RGB for example:

https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.backgammon/c/ikCPgBiZHvs/m/SW66d7ZACAAJ

Thanks for your trying to help. You did at least motivate me.

MK