mikavilpas/squanmate

Square-1 trainer, analysis and general learning tool

squanmate's Issues

Persist trainer settings across page reloads

Parity scrambler should check if end result is sliceable

I got a 8/star scramble ending with … / (1,4) which is not a legal position and you cannot get in an official scramble. I tracked it down in the code but have never worked with Closure (otherwise I would have tried to fix it myself) and I believe the problem is in default_scrambler.cljs#L24 that is used by new-default-shape-scrambler without checking after if the state is sliceable.

Add option to randomly flip middle layer in alg trainer

Jaap's solver supports appending a / for an unsolved middle layer, or - for a solved one.

Enable import of the scramble in scramble inspector with enter

Pressing enter should have the same effect as pressing Import in the scramble inspector.

All cubeshape parity document links are probably broken

Bottom layer needs a 0,6 adjustment for each alg

Add random rotation for all alg trainer cases

Currently they start at the default orientation each time.

Mention my algorithm document in the readme

Make "shape shifted" alg highlighting more subtle

It is too dark.

Parity counting in scramble inspector should respect user's choice about y2 and top/bottom switched

The image can already be shown with the correct colors, making the parity counting correct is the next logical step. It’s still helpful but it would be much more helpful with the correct colors.

Especially bad is that orange is front for the Squanmate counting (I’ll create a seperate issue for this) #56.

Switch top and bottom color with left/right color switch

Or the cube color scheme would be weird.

Color choosers don't fit on the page on mobile portrait view

Make them into modals instead?

Add a title for the page

Currently there is no title, and it looks ugly.

Allow selecting non-parity algs only in alg trainer

Add full PBL (CP + EP) algset to alg trainer

Scramble Inspector does not work anymore with 6.7

I get this in the console when I try to inspect a scramble either from the cubeshape trainer with Inspect or by entering my own scramble.

squanmate.js:3924 Error rendering component (in nu > page > pK > pK > nK > kK > iK > EJ)
(anonymous) @ squanmate.js:3924
squanmate.js:3453 Uncaught Error: No protocol method IDeref.-deref defined for type string: (4,5)/
at x (squanmate.js:3440)
at B (squanmate.js:3453)
at Object.EJ [as reagentRender] (squanmate.js:4445)
at squanmate.js:3922
at rt (squanmate.js:3923)
at squanmate.js:3924
at Ks (squanmate.js:3900)
at Ls (squanmate.js:3901)
at it (squanmate.js:3921)
at Object.render (squanmate.js:3924)
2squanmate.js:4013 ERROR: Cannot create sketch. :host is not specified.

Scramble preview updates much sooner than scramble itself

Especially noticeable on slower machines.
Very confusing, users can think the scramble has already been calculated, only to see it update to the actually new scramble soon after.

Reduce production code size with more advanced compilation

Currently the :pseudo-names true makes the production code maybe twice as big as it needs to be.

When new version is released, old version can still be loaded with app link

A full refresh + emptying browser's cache (or opening in private mode) will typically fix this. But it's very confusing for users.

Sometimes trainer algs end at (0,0)

It's only a cosmetic problem, obviously. But it should be fixed nonetheless.

Shortcut for starting inspection timer

As noted in #49 there is no shortcut for starting the inspection timer. i would be cool, your suggestion :)

On mobile, shape-visualizer top and bottom layers are shown vertically

They could be shown horizontally when there is enough space, but in many cases they are not.

Inspector crashes on non sliceable scrambles

Example
(1,6)/ (2,5)/ (1,-5)/ (3,0)/ (-3,0)/ (-1,-4)/ (3,-3)/ (3,-2)/ (0,-3)/ (4,-1)/ (0,-4)/ (-4,-5)/ (3,3)

Add keyboard shortcuts for trainers

There is a great framework for using page-wide keyboard shortcuts in place, but only one page uses it so far (the parity game).

Currently the UI is slightly geared towards a mobile device. Laptop / desktop users might benefit a lot from easy to use keyboard bindings.

Show whether the current algorithm swaps or preserves parity

Can be done for algs that lead into cubeshape (square square):

• start with a solved puzzle (obviously at even parity)
• apply the given alg in reverse
• do a parity count with Cale Schoon's method

If the count is odd, applying that alg at that position will always swap the parity count (swap the parity). Otherwise it will preserve the parity.

This is really simple, and can make designing algorithms and count positions a lot easier!

Fix not showing favicon

Here's some reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9943771/adding-a-favicon-to-a-static-html-page

Generated image name from the shape visualizer should have another format

Currently it’s e.g. "squanmate-Wed Mar 21 2018 17_19_19 GMT+0100 (W. Europe Standard Time).png". When I now generate a new image after midnight it will start with "squanmate-Thu" and will be sorted before the image that was generated first because I sort alphabetically. Something like"2018-03-21" would be much better.

I inserted way too many wrong images because of this into my alg sheet :D I now regularely delete all these images in my download folder as I don’t want to change my default download folder in Chrome just for this and also I don’t want to change how this folder is sorted. So changing the format would be the most pleasing and easiest solution for me.

Extra commas in algorithms should throw an error

For example in the algorithm shape visualizer https://rawgit.com/sp3ctum/squanmate/master/resources/public/#/shape-visualizer/square/left-pawn/(-5%2C-4)/(-1%2C0)%2F1%2C0%2F0%2C-2%2C%2F-1%2C-2%2F

Screenshot for later when this is fixed

Notice the extra comma in 0,-2,/. I accidentally wrote that and could not figure out for a long time why the images were not generated for a part of the algorithm :D I would suggest, that Squanmate should check for multiple commas between two slashes and if it’s illegal, just throw an error as an unsliceable position does. I guess Squanmate does already do something like this because the visualization just stops because of an error I guess.

This is not only in the alg shape visualizer but also the scramble inspector. If I enter 1,0/-1,0,/-3,0/ I get just

Not only commas are a problem, but every other illegal character. If you already check if something in the algorithm is legal and get no as an answer, just pass the error to the user.

Only fill second dropdown with possible shapes in algorithm shape visualizer

I’m not sure if it is necessary to create an image for, lets say 8/8 or star/star that is not possible with a Square-1. Should be easy to implement, just count the number of edges and corners in the first selected dropdown and then filter in the second.

But might be a UI nightmare :D Maybe you could disable the second dropdown until the first is filled and also add a switch button to the right to switch top with bottom and vice versa.

Parity counter shown for some algs that don't end up at cubeshape

Example:
https://rawgit.com/sp3ctum/squanmate/master/resources/public/#/shape-visualizer/left-fist/kite/4%2C6/%2F-2

^ this shows "even parity"

Rarely, the scrambler spits out an illegal scramble with a missing /

Just got this with 6.4 when training CSP

/ is missing and it also becomes unsliceable. Never had this before and also no idea how to reproduce this. I had 6/90 shapes selected (the first 6 Square shapes from your Google Sheet) and generated a new scramble by pressing New scramble

PBL Trainer

I think a PBL trainer would be pretty cool, and I think there might be a good way to do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5etIKH9fkqg is a PBL generator. It solves every PBL case (I think) with just two aux algs, both of them being 5 or less slices. For a trainer, you can give a scramble which is just two aux algs. You can do a random aux alg, random U and D turns and then another aux alg and that should theoretically cover every PBL (no parity of course) in scrambles just 10 slices or less. If you download the PBL finder, it comes with a notepad (auxAlgs_table) with every aux alg on it, which can hopefully be applied to squanmate. What do you think of this idea?

Scramble images not shown initially on firefox

When you enter the app with firefox, the images are not visible.

If you go to the page "All shapes" and then go back to the main page, the images are visible, and they will continue to be visible too.

Publish to GitHub sites?

• needs cache busting https://github.com/burhanloey/cljs-simple-cache-buster
• deployment script
• files in doc/ directory in root
• see how it's possible to test in a staging like environment

Is it worth it?

Trainer needs a nicer way to select desired shapes to practice

The current UI is pretty klunky. It's super annoying to use on mobile. Even on desktop it's annoying.

Hotkeys for parity game

Add hoykeys for the buttons odd/even. I would go with left and right arrow keys. It is annoying to always have to click and would be much faster with hotkeys.

"Choose none" only works if all shapes are activated

Select none only does something if not all shapes are activated.

Set focus to second field after entering first shape in shape visualizer

(this little symbol is from a Chrome extension btw)
After that, I press enter or leftlick and the focus should automatically switch to the field to enter the shape for the bottom layer.

I can’t think of a situation where this would not be user friendly but maybe there is. If that’s the case, please tell me, maybe I can come up with another solution.

Make sure selected shapes have an equal chance of being chosen for the next scramble

See https://www.speedsolving.com/forum/threads/scrambler-algorithm-discussion.66097/#post-1252127 and the thread for discussion.

Allow custom color scheme

Allow select color on each side with RGB

Allow offline use

There's nothing preventing offline use after an initial load of the application. I haven't really tried it yet, so it might need work.
Use case: initial load and then the user's Internet connection breaks.

Follow usage amounts

I'm interested in seeing how many people find this a useful addition to their hobby. There's almost no interaction with the users at the moment.

Describe how parity counting is done

It might be a bit ambiguous how the parity count is performed - it might be better to be explicit about this.
I have already made an explanation at my alg sheets at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r0LN41RGKI4oAvD9rCmmc-A5UBpNPvsEOb7eWaEtIFo/edit#gid=465744314
perhaps a link to that could suffice?

It's confusing how "link to this scramble" works

Should fix it and answer questions like:

• where does the link go
• how do I copy it
• do I need to get a new link if I use the rotation controls etc

Squanmate should not put a space after a / when showing algorithms

Squanmate always puts a space after a / in Sq1 notation. This has been bugging me a lot since I started using Squanmate but I was always too lazy to open an issue.

E.g. when importing a scramble I enter 1,0/-1,0/ and after the import Squanmate displays

So it is transformed to (1,0)/ (-1,0)/. Happens also in the algorithm shape visualizer and everywhere else where algs are shown. Either also make a space before the / or neither before or after (I think I prefer the one without spaces. I tested both versions by changing the HTML with the DevTools and it is still readable without the spaces and more compact=better).

Btw: I like the new asterisk that shows when we leave the cubeshape :) My hand/brain coordination already tells me this when reading the last numbers before we leave cubeshape because I’ve done thousands of scrambles but I still like it :)
Edit: ok just saw the highlighting. I don’t like that at all <.< Just because text selection can be done by the user and is used for something else already (a user action, not normally something an application does).

No longer possible to change shape-visualizer algs on the fly

Changes aren't reflected any longer, like they used to be. The visualization just gets stuck.

Navigation links broken in 3.2

Make "General", "Parity" and "Colors" frames completely clickable to expand in Scramble Inspector

The whole red area should also be clickable, not only the text. Expanding the box is tedious, especially if you have to do it a lot.

An option to always have the parity box open for example would also be nice. An option have all boxes open always would be sufficient, at least for web. I guess for mobile it would take too much space and require scrolling.

Cannot move to another page after visualization link copied

Go to
https://rawgit.com/sp3ctum/squanmate/master/resources/public/#/shape-visualizer

Click help -> demo

Try to navigate to "all shapes" page for example
-> nothing happens

"Select [non-]parity EPs" button for algorithm trainer

A button to select all parity or all non-parity EPs for the algorithm trainer additionally to Select all Select none would be nice.

Remember settings over page reloads

It's a lot of work to adjust settings on mobile. If the page needs to be reloaded for some reason, all settings are lost.