From c1055b0b9c58bbe07d376707318028d1e6026162 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pommicket <pommicket@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:27:27 -0400
Subject: Fix dotDescription issues, update README

---
 quacker/macondobackend.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'quacker/macondobackend.cpp')

diff --git a/quacker/macondobackend.cpp b/quacker/macondobackend.cpp
index 628066a..db9eee3 100644
--- a/quacker/macondobackend.cpp
+++ b/quacker/macondobackend.cpp
@@ -191,9 +191,12 @@ Quackle::Move MacondoBackend::createPlaceMove(const std::string &placement, cons
 			dotDescription += tiles.substr(i);
 			break;
 		}
-		dotDescription += tiles.substr(i, j) + ".";
+		dotDescription += tiles.substr(i, j - i);
 		i = tiles.find(')', j);
 		if (i == std::string::npos) throw "mismatched parentheses";
+		// add appropriate number of dots
+		for (size_t d = 1; d < i - j; d++)
+			dotDescription.push_back('.');
 		i++;
 	}
 	auto move = Quackle::Move::createPlaceMove(placement, QUACKLE_ALPHABET_PARAMETERS->encode(dotDescription));
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