Graphviz::DOT::Chessboard
Raku package for making chessboard plots via the
DOT language
of
Graphviz.
Installation
From Zef ecosystem:
zef install Graphviz::DOT::Chessboard
From GitHub:
zef install https://github.com/antononcube/Raku-Graphviz-DOT-Chessboard.git
Basic usage
Load the package:
use Graphviz::DOT::Chessboard;
Generate DOT spec:
say dot-chessboard(4, 4, title => 'Example small chessboard'):!svg;
Generate an SVG plot:
my %opts = black-square-color => 'SandyBrown', white-square-color => 'Moccasin', :4size;
dot-chessboard(8, 8, |%opts):svg;
Using a FEN string (on a smaller board):
my $fen = '8/8/8/3K4/5r2/8/1k6/8';
dot-chessboard($fen, :5r, :6c):svg
TODO
- DONE White pieces should have contours
- DONE Chess positions by Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) strings
- TODO Fuller set of unit tests
- TODO CLI script
References
[AAp1] Anton Antonov,
Graph Raku package,
(2024),
GitHub/antononcube.
[AAp2] Anton Antonov,
Graphviz::DOT::Grammar Raku package,
(2024),
GitHub/antononcube.