nvui - Change pawn order when announcing pieces

[yafred]

This is being discussed in the forum

Consider following position

Here is how it is announced

Pieces
White
king: g1
queen: c3
rook: a1, c1
bishop: f1
knight: c5
pawn: a4, b4, d4, e3, f2, g2, h2

Black
king: h8
queen: d6
rook: a8, g8
bishop: h6, f3
pawn: f7, h7, e6, f6, d5

A better order for black would be:
h7, f7, f6, e6, d5

[nicvagn]

The order is arbitrary now, determined by Array.from(pieces).reduce(...).

I do not think anyone will mind if we make deterministic.

[nicvagn]

I have implemented it so the pawns are sorted lexicographically.

a1 before a4, aX before bX

[nicvagn]

So I have it done, but it only does from white perspective. I was talking with NVUI users and they would like that to be left to right when black.

I did not have that.

#20361 context on what I have.

[ddugovic]

To clarify, are they asking that white's pieces be in lexicographic ordering and black's pieces be in reverse lexicographic ordering?

[nicvagn]

To clarify, are they asking that white's pieces be in lexicographic ordering and black's pieces be in reverse lexicographic ordering?

One individual commented:

"""
May(sic) it's as simple as:

white pieces: alphabetical order (for pawn in initial position: a2,b2,c2 etc)
black pieces: reverse alphabetical order (for pawn in initial position: h7,g7,f7 etc)

This way, the user discovers their pieces from left to right and from bottom to top if there are several pieces on the same file.
""""
This is the feedback I am going off, and I believe that would fit the bill.

It is difficult to build a concept of what the community wants. I am going of what I can, and the initial issue.

[nicvagn]

I think it works as intended.
for white:
cmd: p p
black pawn: a7, b7, c7, e4, e7, f7, g7, h7
for position:

and for black:
cmd: p p
black pawn: h7, g7, f7, e7, e4, c7, b7, a7
for position:

I think it works as intended.