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Below is a quick and dirty script that implements a simple timeline using code from goto.lua to go back and forwards. Try loading a pattern like breeder.lif and then running the script. I think it shows that this method works fine, even for patterns with thousands of cells. -- This script implements...

Without timelines, either the reset-then-play scheme or a save-all-intermediate-generations-to-files-for-arbitrary-inspection method would be inefficient, and I have no other idea for implementation of said feature. I've never used Seeds of Destruction but it looks like it operates on fairly small ...

Maybe, but is there a convenient single command to go to a particular previous generation in lua overlay? No. I think it's worth pointing out that Golly is in a somewhat unusual state while a timeline exists. Note that you can't do any editing or change the algo/rule or run the pattern. You also ca...

Algorithms except for QuickLife and Larger than Life support timelines, but no script command to operate on timelines exists. So I'd request for the relevant python and lua functions, particularly the ability to go to a specific generation (which may be forwards or backwards) within the record. A b...

... This will result in a Golly warning popping up, saying G_PyRun_SimpleString failed! ... I can reproduce this warning on my Mac but I've got no idea why it happens (the G_PyRun_SimpleString routine was added by Scorbie when we switched to support for Python 3, so maybe he could provide some clue...

EDIT: in case it helps, in Javascript Module['canvas'] and Module.canvas are equivalent. That doesn't seem to be the case. I got some weird errors on all browsers when trying to load webGolly after switching to Module.canvas. I've uploaded a new build of webGolly that hopefully supports mouse wheel...

... Firefox (what I used and experienced the bug) apparently only provides the event.deltaY . I downloaded the latest version of Firefox (104.0) for my Mac and tried webGolly. Using the mouse wheel to zoom in/out works fine, so I'm puzzled why it isn't working in your Firefox. Which version are you...

Zooming in and out with the mouse wheel does not work at all. Which OS and browser are you using? Have you tried forcing the page to reload? (There was a new build uploaded to fix a mouse wheel bug.) You said you're familiar with JavaScript programming, so if reloading webGolly doesn't fix the prob...

LaundryPizza03 wrote: ↑

August 21st, 2022, 10:52 pm

Golly's homepage still needs to be updated.

Just done (I only update that page after a new version has been uploaded to sourceforge).

In a modified but not saved layer marked with *, open Life/Signal-Circuitry/h-to-h-collection-26Aug2017.zip , then click "cancel" in the "save changes" dialog. The package contains a pattern RLE and a lua script for poping up a window; despite the former not being loaded on the layer, the latter wi...

wirehead wrote: ↑

August 20th, 2022, 9:32 pm

Evidently I don't have wxWidgets installed. How do I do that? / What apt package do I need to install?

Sigh. As I said, detailed instructions are in docs/Build.html.

Bump this question of mine... I am still experiencing these bugs in Golly 3.3 and there is still no Makefile for Golly 3.4. You can download a source code tar ball for Golly 3.4 from here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/golly/files/golly/golly-3.4/ The makefile for Linux systems is gui-wx/makefil...

rowett wrote: ↑

August 19th, 2022, 1:50 am

Done, thanks.

Excellent! Just uploaded the new build. A setting of 5 works well on my Mac (laptop with track pad).

The mouse wheel works but the sensitivity is not good for my mouse. I assume you mean it's too sensitive rather than not sensitive enough? I'm not all that interested in doing more work on webGolly at the moment, but it should be quite easy to add a "mouse wheel sensitivity" setting to the Preferen...

Several years ago, I created a tool for exploring an elementary 1D cellular automata with a 5 cell neighborhood. ... Very nice! The macOS binary works fine on my Mac. I'm posting about it here because I'd be happy to see it get some use. :D Prepare to be disappointed. ;) Golly comes with a script c...

GUYTU6J wrote: ↑

August 17th, 2022, 11:54 pm

Update confirmed. Thank you! But zooming in or out the canvas with mouse wheel (laptop) or two fingers (mobile) seems to be not supported.

I've uploaded a new build that should fix this (works on Safari and Chrome on my Mac).

Web Golly 4.2 the Paste function seems to be ignoring Right-click to do the actual paste. I've uploaded a new build that should fix this (works on Safari and Chrome on my Mac). You should be able to right-click or ctrl-click on the paste image (or the selection). Zooming in/out using the mouse whee...

This commit says it "updated patterns used by web version of Golly", but the collection on http://golly.sourceforge.net/webapp/golly.html hasn't been expanded. I've just uploaded a new version of webGolly that contains all your suggested pattern changes. You'll probably need to force the page to be...

Looks like you used an experimental build of web Golly 4.2 we're currently testing. Unfortunately it has a few bugs ... I think those bugs are now fixed so please try the latest build. You'll probably need to force the page to be reloaded, which might take a while, so be patient. Eventually you sho...

I left golly running overnight and this is what happened: ... Looks like you used an experimental build of web Golly 4.2 we're currently testing. Unfortunately it has a few bugs so I've reverted to the old version. You'll probably need to force your browser to reload the page. In Safari hold down t...

The latest Golly 4.2 contains a few duplicated patterns in the Non-Totalistic folder: ... Thanks for spotting those. I assume the duplicates *outside* the Replicators/Spaceships subfolders are the files that should be deleted? This commit says it "updated patterns used by web version of Golly", but...

Golly 4.2 is now available from sourceforge:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/golly/ ... golly-4.2/

Because the Domino tiling is not periodic, tiles can have quite different neighborhoods: neighbors.png The yellow tile on the left has 9 neighbors (the maximum number) made up of 6 orange tiles that share an edge and 3 red tiles that only share a corner. The yellow tile on the right has only 5 neigh...

The pattern format used by DominoLife is text based, so sharing discoveries is easy. Select and copy the following to the clipboard, then choose "Open Clipboard" from DominoLife's File menu (or just type shift-O): DominoLife version=1 # This rule has only(?) two oscillators in the Domino tiling: # A...

I've written a Lua script called DominoLife that lets you explore various CA rules on aperiodic domino tilings. The tilings are created using simple substitution rules, as in these two examples: https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/substitution/domino/ https://tilings.math.uni-bielefeld.de/substitu...