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Can't paste rules on my laptop

Post by gameoflifemaniac » October 10th, 2017, 9:59 am

I can't paste rules in Golly on my laptop. It works on our coputer but pasting rules on this device gives this:

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x = 280, y = 294, rule = B3/S23
10ob3obobob9ob3ob8ob4ob2ob4ob3ob7ob8ob8o$4o7b8o7b6o7b8ob5o$5ob5o5b4ob
2ob4o5b5ob8ob8o$6ob4ob4o$5ob4o$16o$7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$4obob5o2$6ob
4ob5o$2b6ob2ob5o5b4obob2obo$7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob4o4b9ob4o2b4o2b4o
b2o2$4ob4ob2obob9ob2ob4ob3ob7ob7ob4ob2ob4ob4ob5ob2ob3ob4o2b7ob2ob2ob7o
2b2ob3ob3ob3ob5ob7ob2ob10o2b3ob4ob2ob8o2bob9ob2ob3ob6o2b4obob5o2b3obob
4o2b4ob9ob4o2bob10ob2obob9o$5ob6ob3obob4ob2ob6o$obobo2bobobo2b4obob89o
$2o3$3obob5o2b4ob2ob4o2bob5ob2ob2ob3ob7ob8o2b3o2$5ob6ob3obob4ob2ob6o$o
bobo2bobobo2b4obob89o$3o2$7obob9ob7ob3ob4obob3ob10ob3ob2ob3o$4ob6ob2ob
4ob2ob9ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o2b6obob4ob2ob5o$8o2b6ob4ob7ob3ob5ob2o$3ob4ob5obo
b2ob3ob7o$4ob6o$4o2$6ob4o$7ob4ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob2ob3ob7ob2ob6ob14obo$
3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob5o4b9ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o2$8obob10ob3ob3ob4o
b4ob4ob6ob2ob3ob5ob5ob2o2bob8ob2ob7ob5ob2ob4ob2obob10o$4ob10ob7o2$7ob
11ob3ob4o$5o2$6ob4o$7ob7ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob8o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4o
b5o$6ob4o4b9ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o2$5ob6o$8obob10ob3ob3ob4ob4ob4ob6ob2ob3ob5o
b5ob2o2bob8ob2ob7ob5ob2ob4ob2obob10o$4ob6o$ob9ob2ob3ob6o2b4obob5o2$2ob
9ob2ob6ob6o$8o2b6ob4ob7ob3ob5ob2o$3ob4ob5obob2ob3ob7o$4ob6o$4o2$6ob4o$
7ob4ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob2ob3ob7ob2ob6ob14obo$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob
5o$6ob8o4b9ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o2$10ob5o2b8ob4ob3ob6ob9ob2ob8ob3o$5ob6ob3obo
b4ob2ob6o$obobo2bobobo2b4obob49o$2o10bo10b3o$8o2$6ob2o$7ob5ob4o2b4o2b
4ob2o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob9o4b9ob4o2b4o2b5ob2o2$6ob4ob6ob9o
2$10ob4ob4ob6ob9o2b7ob6ob6ob3ob3ob7ob6ob9ob9ob2ob3ob4obob4ob4o4b6o2$4o
b2ob3ob7ob6ob9obob4ob5ob2ob3o2b5ob5ob2ob10ob2ob3ob5ob2ob6o$5ob6ob3obob
4ob2ob6o$obobo2bobobo2b4obob48o$3o10b3o10b4o$9o2$6ob3o$7ob6ob3o2b4o2b
5ob2o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob5o4b5o2b4ob2o2$8ob2ob9ob8ob4ob4ob
5ob3obob6ob6ob5o$5ob6ob3obob4ob2ob6o$obob2o2bobobo2b4obob6o$19o10b13o$
4ob10ob7o2$7ob11ob3ob4o$5o2$6ob4o$7ob7ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob8o$3o$3ob7ob
7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob9o4b5o2b4ob2o2$5ob6o$8ob2ob9ob8ob4ob4ob5ob3obob
6ob6ob5o$5ob6ob3obob4ob2ob6o$obob2o2bobobo2b4obob6o$19o10b13o2$2o2b3ob
ob2ob3obob8ob5ob10ob5ob5ob5ob9ob5ob5ob3obo$9o2$6ob3o$7ob6ob3o2b4o2b5ob
2o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob4o4b5o2b4ob2o2$9ob6o$2o2b3obob2ob3ob
ob8ob5ob10ob5ob5ob5ob9ob5ob5ob3obo2$9o$5ob6ob3o$5ob10o2$6o$10o$18o$15o
$obobobobobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobobobo$obobobo
bobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobo
bobo$obobobobobobobobobo$8o2b6ob4ob7ob3ob5ob2o$3ob4ob5obob2ob3ob7o$4ob
6o$4o2$6ob4o$7ob4ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob2ob3ob7ob2ob6ob14obo$3o$3ob7ob7ob
10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob9o4b5o2b4ob2o2$4ob6o$9ob6o$2o2b3obob2ob3obob8ob5ob
10ob5ob5ob5ob9ob5ob5ob3obo2$9o$5ob6ob3o$5ob10o2$6o$10o$18o$15o$obobobo
bobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobo
bobo2$obobobobobobobobobo$obobobobobobobobobo2$obobobobobobobobobo$obo
bobobobobobobobo3$2o2b9obob3ob7ob2ob2ob9o$9o2$6ob3o$7ob6ob3o2b4o2b5ob
2o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob5o4b5o2b4ob2o2$2ob6ob3ob3ob7o$4ob10o
b7o2$7ob11ob3ob4o$5o2$6ob4o$7ob7ob4o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob8o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob
2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob12o4b2ob7ob3o2$5ob6o$2ob6ob3ob3ob7o2$6ob3ob3ob6ob3ob4ob
7o$5ob6ob3obob4ob2ob6o$obobo2bobobo2b4obob9o$4o2$5ob6ob3o$5ob9o2$6o$
10o$18o$15o$10o2$10o$10o2$10o2$10o$10o2$10o2$10o$10o$10o2$10o$10o$10o$
10o$10o$10o2$10o$9ob4ob9ob3ob4ob4ob10o2b9ob7o$4ob6o$12o2$6ob4o$7ob8ob
3o2b4o2b4ob2o$9ob7obob7ob4ob7o$3o$3ob7ob7ob10ob2ob4ob4ob5o$6ob4o4b2ob
7ob3o2$12ob6o$5ob6o$2ob6ob3ob3ob7o2$6ob3ob3ob6ob3ob4ob7o$5ob6ob3obob4o
b2ob6o$obobo2bobobo2b4obob9o$4o3$6ob6ob5ob4ob6ob2ob8ob3ob4ob3ob3ob6o$
8o2b6ob4ob7ob3ob5ob2o$3ob4ob5obob2ob3ob7o$4ob6o$4o2$6ob4o$7ob4ob4o2b4o
2b4ob2o$9ob2ob3ob7ob2ob6ob14obo$3o$7ob5ob4ob9o2b4ob2o3b2o$4obob5o$2ob
5o5b4obob2obo$6ob2ob5ob8ob8o2$4ob3o4b2o$3ob2ob6o$5ob8ob4ob6ob2ob10ob5o
b3obob6o2$5ob8ob4o5b6ob3ob5ob7o5b3ob5ob3ob3obobob5obob3obo$7ob2ob5o4b
4o2b4o2b4o2b4ob5ob5o!
What the hell is going on?
I was so socially awkward in the past and it will haunt me for the rest of my life.

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b4o25bo$o29bo$b3o3b3o2bob2o2bob2o2bo3bobo$4bobo3bob2o2bob2o2bobo3bobo$
4bobo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo$o3bobo3bobo5bo6b4o$b3o3b3o2bo5bo9bobo$24b4o!

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Re: Can't paste rules on my laptop

Post by dvgrn » October 10th, 2017, 10:13 am

gameoflifemaniac wrote:I can't paste rules in Golly on my laptop. It works on our coputer but pasting rules on this device gives this...
That doesn't look like rule text. Most likely you've run into the horrible new Chrome version 60/61 selection problem.

The code block Select All option no longer works in the latest up-to-datest Chrome -- you have to make the selection by hand for Ctrl+C to be recognized. Select All looks as if it works, but after Ctrl+C whatever was previously in the clipboard will still be there.

Workaround is to select the rule text by hand, use Firefox, roll back to Chrome version 59, or cross your fingers and hope that the bug reports that various people have filed will result in an early fix in Chrome version 62+.

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Re: Can't paste rules on my laptop

Post by gameoflifemaniac » October 11th, 2017, 9:36 am

Downloaded on Firefox and it worked! Yay!
I was so socially awkward in the past and it will haunt me for the rest of my life.

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b4o25bo$o29bo$b3o3b3o2bob2o2bob2o2bo3bobo$4bobo3bob2o2bob2o2bobo3bobo$
4bobo3bobo5bo5bo3bobo$o3bobo3bobo5bo6b4o$b3o3b3o2bo5bo9bobo$24b4o!

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