GUI Fully functional to play. Need to encorporate quit, undo, and game over conditions.

Client.java

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public class Client {
 	private JPanel boardPanel;
 	private static final String Columns = "ABCDEFGH";
 	public static final int BLACK = 0, WHITE = 1;
+	public static String boardoutput = "";
 	
 	public Client() {
 		initializeGui();
@@ -86,10 +87,12 @@ public class Client {
 		Insets buttonMargin = new Insets(0,0,0,0);
 		for(int r = 0; r < boardSquares.length; ++r) {
 			for(int c = 0; c < boardSquares.length; ++c) {
+				final int selectrow = r;
+				final int selectcol = c;
 				Action selectPiece = new AbstractAction("") {
 					@Override
 					public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
-						sendLocation();
+						sendLocation(selectrow, selectcol);
 					}
 				};
 				JButton b = new JButton();
@@ -190,11 +193,13 @@ public class Client {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public void sendLocation() {
+	public void sendLocation(int r, int c) {
-		
+		//debugging.
+		System.out.println("row: " + r + " col: " + c);
+		boardoutput += "" + r + "" + c;
 	}
 	
-	public static void main (String[] args) {
+	public static void main (String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
 		Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
 		String hostname = args[0];
 		int portnum = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
@@ -233,11 +238,10 @@ public class Client {
 			frame.pack();
 			frame.setMinimumSize(frame.getSize());
 			frame.setVisible(true);
+			userInput = stdIn.readLine();
+			output.println(userInput);
 			
-			while(!end && (userInput != null)) {
+			while(!end) {
-				userInput = stdIn.readLine();
-				output.println(userInput);
-				output.flush();
 				char[] buffer = new char[256];
 				in.read(buffer, 0, 256);
 				for(int i = 0; i < buffer.length; ++i) {
@@ -247,6 +251,13 @@ public class Client {
 				}
 				System.out.println(String.valueOf(buffer).trim());
 				window.updateBoard(String.valueOf(buffer).trim());
+				while(boardoutput.length() < 4) {
+					Thread.sleep(100);
+				}
+				System.out.println(boardoutput);
+				output.println(boardoutput);
+				output.flush();
+				boardoutput = "";
 			}
 			output.close();
 			in.close();

Server.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,40 @@ void error(const char *msg)
     exit(1);
 }
 
+string tempParse(string move) {
+	string output = "";
+	int tempa = move[0] - '0';
+	int tempb = move[1] - '0';
+	int tempc = move[2] - '0';
+	int tempd = move[3] - '0';
+	
+	//cout << "move: " << move << " " << tempa << " " << tempb << " " << tempc << " " << tempd << "\n";
+	
+	for(int c = 0; c < 4; c++) {
+		if(!isdigit(move[c])) {
+			//cout << "\nfjdkjfjd\n";
+			return move;
+		}
+	}
+	if(tempa == (tempc + 1)) {
+		//cout << "\nTest\n";
+		if(tempb == tempd) {
+			output = ((char)('A' + tempb)) + to_string(8 - tempa) + "_f";
+		}
+		else if(tempb == (tempd + 1)) {
+			output = ((char)('A' + tempb)) + to_string(8 - tempa) + "_l";
+		}
+		else if(tempb == (tempd - 1)) {
+			output = ((char)('A' + tempb)) + to_string(8 - tempa) + "_r";
+		}
+	}
+	else {
+		return move;
+	}
+	cout << "Debugging: " << output << "\n\n";
+	return output;
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     int sockfd, newsockfd, portno;
@@ -113,6 +147,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				n = read(newsockfd,buffer,255);
 				move = buffer;
 				bzero(buffer,256);
+				//cout << move << "\n\n";
+				move = tempParse(move);
+				//cout << move << "\n\n";
 				e.getBoard()->interpret(move,(*e.getBoard()));
 				
 				if(e.getBoard()->isValid()) {