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Nactation for entering checkers

Posted By: Nack Ballard
Date: Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 9:09 p.m.

In Response To: Battle of myths (52S-62S-65K-32in-32?) (Stick)

To nactate entering (or fanning) plays: short version, long version.

At least one of those two links, and much more, can be found in Storm's Nactation postings guide.

As Stick says, the symbol for enter both/all can be omitted, and in fact I do for file names (computers accept ^ but neither > nor <) or if I've got a long sequence I want to comfortably fit on one line.

Otherwise, the reasons I usually include the > (enter both/all) symbol are: a) it is clearer that a character was not accidentally omitted, (b) one can look back to see if (or how many times) a player had been on the roof, and/or (c) the presence of a character helps to align the rows of a long sequence (so that all of Blue's plays and all of White's plays are vertically aligned).

These benefits are far from vital, so you should feel free to omit the > (enter both/all) or < (enter one) symbols and just include the two numbers or one number that entered instead.

Another option is to replace the > (enter both/all) symbol with a U (for Up).

Nack

Messages In This Thread

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  mtuhtan -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 5:21 p.m.
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    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 5:30 p.m.
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      seth -- Friday, 15 April 2011, at 1:52 p.m.
  • Battle of myths (52S-62S-65K-32in-32?)
    Stick -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 6:16 p.m.
    • Nactation for entering checkers
      Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 9:09 p.m.
  • 52S-62S-65K-32>-32
    Nack Ballard -- Thursday, 14 April 2011, at 8:37 p.m.
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    mtuhtan -- Saturday, 16 April 2011, at 9:00 p.m.