What is bgolly?

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What is bgolly?

Post by gameoflifemaniac » February 2nd, 2017, 1:10 pm

What is bgolly? Does it mean a beta version of Golly or what?
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Re: What is bgolly?

Post by dvgrn » February 2nd, 2017, 2:10 pm

gameoflifemaniac wrote:What is bgolly? Does it mean a beta version of Golly or what?
It's not a beta. It's a command-line version of Golly with no graphical user interface, mostly used for testing purposes -- nothing you need to worry about.

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This is bgolly 2.9b1 Copyright 2016 The Golly Gang.
Usage:  bgolly [options] patternfile
 -m --generation    How far to run
 -i --stepsize      Step size
 -M --maxmemory     Max memory to use in megabytes
 -2 --exponential   Use exponentially increasing steps
 -q --quiet         Don't show population; twice, don't show anything
 -r --rule          Life rule to use
 -s --search        Search directory for .rule files
 -h --hashlife      Use Hashlife algorithm
 -a --algorithm     Select algorithm by name
 -o --output        Output file (*.rle, *.mc, *.rle.gz, *.mc.gz)
 -v --verbose       Verbose
 -t --timeline      Use timeline
    --render        Render (benchmarking)
    --progress      Render during progress dialog (debugging)
    --popcount      Popcount (benchmarking)
    --scale         Rendering scale
    --autofit       Autofit before each render
    --exec          Run testing script

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Re: What is bgolly?

Post by drc » February 2nd, 2017, 2:16 pm

Please ask questions like this is the "Thread for basic questions", not worth a whole topic honestly :/

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