Re: [Bug-gnubg] Web version of GNU Backgammon

[Øystein Schønning-Johansen]

Cool project. You have used emscripten to port the C code to webassembly? Isn't there a port og GTK done with emscripten? Another way to port to web would be to display the application itself with a different GTK backend. I've tried that with the Broadway backend that can display GTK applications directly in the browser. I've tried it with GNU Backgammon, however I think it fails for GNU Backgammon due to the OpenGL stuff. 

How did you make the user interface? Is it pure js or do you use any fancy like React or Angular or Vue?

(I guess _javascript_ is the next thin on my *must learn* list)

Thanks!

-Øystein

On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 at 9:47 AM Joseph Heled <address@hidden> wrote:

A wonderful initiative. Perhaps one day we will have a reasonable Android version and all will be well.

-Joseph

On Sun, 22 Sep 2019 at 19:00, Theodore Hwa <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi gnubg users,

I have ported GNU Backgammon to the web, replacing the GTK UI with a
_javascript_ UI. You can see it hosted here:
http://xenon.stanford.edu/~hwatheod/gnubg_web/gnubg_web.html

As of now, you have to enter moves manually, like "8/5 6/5". You can enter
arbitrary gnubg command line commands, so nearly all the features of the
original are available.

The project repository is here:
https://github.com/hwatheod/gnubg-web

Some technical details: This was done by compiling gnubg's C source code
into _javascript_/Webassembly with Emscripten.  A browser supporting
Webassembly is required (the latest versions of most modern browsers do).

Any comments, suggestions, contributions are appreciated!

Ted Hwa

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