The function 'Paste an existing diagram:' in your 'Play-test applet for chess variants' can't be realized via the indirect way of 'Notepad' - thanks for the tip, would have been nice if!
Well, it works for me, also when copying the ID in the Conquer article through NotePad into the Play-Test Applet. Are you sure you did not try to copy any of the enclosing HTML tags together with it?
This is a moot point, however, since the GAME code generated would not work as desired. Conquer is not a variant that is supported by the standard functionality of the Diagram. It needed custom scripting to alter the generated capture moves such that they would place a color-reversed version of the victim on the square of origin. The XBetza notation does support 'unloading' the captured piece there with the aid of the u modifier, but there is no provision for flipping its color. So additional JavaScript embedded in the page was needed for that, and this cannot be converted to GAME code by the Applet (even if it would have been pasted into it, which it is not).
I suppose we could decide to make uu mean color-flipped unload in XBetza. But that would then have to be implemented in the ID, as well as in the GAME-code include file. It is unlikely this will be done any time soon.
I don't think it would be possible to implement the function performed by the additional JavaScript in the generated GAME code by post-editing the latter.
Well, it works for me, also when copying the ID in the Conquer article through NotePad into the Play-Test Applet. Are you sure you did not try to copy any of the enclosing HTML tags together with it?
This is a moot point, however, since the GAME code generated would not work as desired. Conquer is not a variant that is supported by the standard functionality of the Diagram. It needed custom scripting to alter the generated capture moves such that they would place a color-reversed version of the victim on the square of origin. The XBetza notation does support 'unloading' the captured piece there with the aid of the u modifier, but there is no provision for flipping its color. So additional JavaScript embedded in the page was needed for that, and this cannot be converted to GAME code by the Applet (even if it would have been pasted into it, which it is not).
I suppose we could decide to make uu mean color-flipped unload in XBetza. But that would then have to be implemented in the ID, as well as in the GAME-code include file. It is unlikely this will be done any time soon.
I don't think it would be possible to implement the function performed by the additional JavaScript in the generated GAME code by post-editing the latter.