Re: NeXTGo: identifying the two avaible extensions used to save or open a saved Go game with

P.S.:

Of course, we need also to modifiy Info-gnustep.plist accordingly...

<Info-gnustep.plist>


On 2025-11-16 22:27:51 +0100 Patrick Cardona <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Looking for available infos in the source folder of NeXTGo, namely in 
> 'GoApp.m',  I was able to identify the two extensions used with this 
> program: 
> and you will wonder: why two formats?
> 
> So I guessed and  successfully tested:
> 
> - "nextgo" is an extension for NeXTGoFile (NGoFile) format;
> - "mgt" - which was not obvious to find unless I looked at this code 
> - is for 
> the SmartGO file, a kind of prototype of the well known SGF format.
> 
> So, when you save a game, and you have to choose in the control list 
> of the 
> Save Panel between these two formats, you also have to add by 
> yourself the 
> right respective extension after the name of the game. If not, your 
> saved 
> game will not be avaible in the next open panel then.
> 
> As I could understand, unlike a chess saved game, the SmartGo saved 
> game is 
> read only, so more intended to learn the Go strategy, not to save and 
> to 
> complete later an unfinished game. Using it, you will be able to see 
> it and 
> to open it to follow the game choice after choice.
> 
> The 'nextgo' format allows you to save and to complete a previous 
> unfinished 
> game.
> 
> Something I was also wondering about: is NeXTGo using the installed 
> GNUGo (so 
> the latest release provided by your system) or is it using a older 
> release 
> provided by NeXTGo itself in a bundle?
> 
> The good news is that we have now a working program to play/learn Go 
> game.
> We can save a game and continue it with the 'nextgo' format.
> We can edit and comment a smartGo file ('mgt') to create lessons or 
> problems 
> to teach the Go strategy.
> 
> <screenshot_2025-11-16_at_21:53:43.png>
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick
> 

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