#! /usr/bin/env python # file fen2ascii.py # This file is part of LyX, the document processor. # Licence details can be found in the file COPYING. # author Kayvan A. Sylvan # Full author contact details are available in file CREDITS. # This script will convert a chess position in the FEN # format to an ascii representation of the position. import sys,string,os os.close(0) os.close(1) sys.stdin = open(sys.argv[1],"r") sys.stdout = open(sys.argv[2],"w") line = sys.stdin.readline() if line[-1] == '\n': line = line[:-1] line=string.split(line,' ')[0] comp=string.split(line,'/') cont=1 margin= " "*6 print margin+' +'+"-"*15+'+' for i in range(8): cont = cont + 1 tmp="" for j in comp[i]: if j>='0' and j <= '9': for k in range(int(j)): cont = cont + 1 x, mod = divmod(cont,2) if mod : tmp = tmp + '| ' else : tmp = tmp + '|*' else : tmp = tmp + '|' + j cont = cont + 1 row = 8 - i print margin, row, tmp+"|" print margin+' +'+"-"*15+'+' print margin+' a b c d e f g h '