Fixing Cheoss - java programmer needed

[Olivier Deville]

Hi all

We need a java programmer who would be willing to fix Cheoss (http://www1.freewebs.com/cheoss/)

Issues :

- Does not support properly 40/x time control (stops playing after move 40)
- Does not work as black under Winboard (exits after move 2). This does not happen under Arena.

Of course the author has been contacted, but it seems he vanished.

Olivier

[Laurens Winkelhagen]

Hi Oliver,

The sources are not available on that site, do you have them? If you don't have them it's a 'bit complicated'

--Laurens

[Olivier Deville]

Hi Oliver,

The sources are not available on that site, do you have them? If you don't have them it's a 'bit complicated'

--Laurens

Hi Laurens

Ah too bad ! I thought the sources were there

Olivier

Edit : there is a bunch of class and xml files in the jar file... Is there no way to hack them ?

[Guenther Simon]

Hi Oliver,

The sources are not available on that site, do you have them? If you don't have them it's a 'bit complicated'

--Laurens

I think Jim should have them because he compiled that version.

Guenther

[Tony Mokonen]

Hi Oliver,

The sources are not available on that site, do you have them? If you don't have them it's a 'bit complicated'

--Laurens

I think Jim should have them because he compiled that version.

Guenther

I'm not sure if Jim would have the original source files. The JET compiler that he uses can compile a JAR file into an executable, without having the original source.

If one is really desperate to view some source, they can use a decompiler like the DJ Java Decompiler. It won't be 100% identical to the original (no comments, etc), but the source generated by this tool is nicely formatted, with full variable names because .jar files have symbols. Whether or not it's illegal or allowed to decompile Cheoss, I don't know.

Tony

[Jim Ablett]

Hi Oliver,

The sources are not available on that site, do you have them? If you don't have them it's a 'bit complicated'

--Laurens

I think Jim should have them because he compiled that version.

Guenther

I'm not sure if Jim would have the original source files. The JET compiler that he uses can compile a JAR file into an executable, without having the original source.

If one is really desperate to view some source, they can use a decompiler like the DJ Java Decompiler. It won't be 100% identical to the original (no comments, etc), but the source generated by this tool is nicely formatted, with full variable names because .jar files have symbols. Whether or not it's illegal or allowed to decompile Cheoss, I don't know.

Tony

That's correct Tony. I just compiled from the jar file.

Jim.