Re: [gnugo-devel] working on gnugo

[Trevor Morris]

>> It looks like I can figure out how to create a separate program.  Is there
>> some other simple GTP client I can build off of, or will I need to write
>> the GTP interface from scratch?
>
>Have a look at vanilla.c for a C-program that sets up a GTP
>communication with GNU Go, or twogtp for a perl script (should be
>similar in any scripting language of your choice). (Both are in the
>directory interface/gtp_examples.
>
>Another possiblity would be to write a script that interprets the output of
>"gnugo -l xx.sgf --replay black -w". The output should contain all
>necessary information, and then you wouldn't need to bother about
>setting up gtp etc.

regress.pl is another GTP example to look at.  It's useful for running
regressions, and could easily be extended to do what you're suggesting
(and it sounds like a good idea to me, too).

-Trevor