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[muzik]

Still working on the big theme handling proposal, so another thing in the meantime:

Text and error colors aren't shown in Help > Info > Theme (or indeed anywhere else in Help) unless manually specified.

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x = 23, y = 19, rule = Fredkin R2
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x = 23, y = 19, rule = Fredkin R2
bo!
[[
COLOR TEXT Pink
COLOR ERROR Pink
]]

And UI stuff just doesn't show up in Help at all even if you specify it:

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x = 23, y = 19, rule = Fredkin R2
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x = 23, y = 19, rule = Fredkin R2
bo!
[[
COLOR UIFOREGROUND 255 192 192
COLOR UIBACKGROUND 16 0 0
COLOR UILOCKED 112 0 0
COLOR UISELECT 128 0 0
COLOR UIHIGHLIGHT 192 0 0
COLOR UIBORDER 255 224 224
]]

I'm not sure if it really makes sense for non-theme related content (text and error colors, LifeHistory/LifeSuper cell states, bounded, boundary, select/paste/advance) to be in the theme section. Would it be possible to create a new help section which compiles all of the currently-defined colors into a list where everything is readable at a glance? These might fit better in such a section.

[muzik]

Big Theme Changes Suggestion finished, here goes nothing...

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In addition to the 2-state ruletable question mentioned a couple of posts back, I've done quite a bit of thinking recently about how themes and rule table color handling by LifeViewer could be improved.

First though, here's some assorted bugs, suggestions and other funny stuff, many of which my change proposals would likely fix on the way and hopefully prevent from happening again:

- Firstly, the "none" rule as well as custom rules can accept themes. This only seems to change grid-related settings:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = none:P16,16
.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO$PQRSTUVWXpApBpCpDpEpFpG$pHpIpJpKpLpMpNpOpPpQpRpSpTpU
pVpW$pXqAqBqCqDqEqFqGqHqIqJqKqLqMqNqO$qPqQqRqSqTqUqVqWqXrArBrCrDrErFrG
$rHrIrJrKrLrMrNrOrPrQrRrSrTrUrVrW$rXsAsBsCsDsEsFsGsHsIsJsKsLsMsNsO$sP
sQsRsSsTsUsVsWsXtAtBtCtDtEtFtG$tHtItJtKtLtMtNtOtPtQtRtStTtUtVtW$tXuAuB
uCuDuEuFuGuHuIuJuKuLuMuNuO$uPuQuRuSuTuUuVuWuXvAvBvCvDvEvFvG$vHvIvJvKvL
vMvNvOvPvQvRvSvTvUvVvW$vXwAwBwCwDwEwFwGwHwIwJwKwLwMwNwO$wPwQwRwSwTwUwV
wWwXxAxBxCxDxExFxG$xHxIxJxKxLxMxNxOxPxQxRxSxTxUxVxW$xXyAyByCyDyEyFyGyH
yIyJyKyLyMyNyO!
[[ GRID ]]

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = none:P16,16
.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO$PQRSTUVWXpApBpCpDpEpFpG$pHpIpJpKpLpMpNpOpPpQpRpSpTpU
pVpW$pXqAqBqCqDqEqFqGqHqIqJqKqLqMqNqO$qPqQqRqSqTqUqVqWqXrArBrCrDrErFrG
$rHrIrJrKrLrMrNrOrPrQrRrSrTrUrVrW$rXsAsBsCsDsEsFsGsHsIsJsKsLsMsNsO$sP
sQsRsSsTsUsVsWsXtAtBtCtDtEtFtG$tHtItJtKtLtMtNtOtPtQtRtStTtUtVtW$tXuAuB
uCuDuEuFuGuHuIuJuKuLuMuNuO$uPuQuRuSuTuUuVuWuXvAvBvCvDvEvFvG$vHvIvJvKvL
vMvNvOvPvQvRvSvTvUvVvW$vXwAwBwCwDwEwFwGwHwIwJwKwLwMwNwO$wPwQwRwSwTwUwV
wWwXxAxBxCxDxExFxG$xHxIxJxKxLxMxNxOxPxQxRxSxTxUxVxW$xXyAyByCyDyEyFyGyH
yIyJyKyLyMyNyO!
[[ GRID THEME MCell ]]

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = MarBlocks5-OT-2x2-minimal
2A10.8B$2A10.8B$2A$2A$2A$2A$2A$2A5$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.
2C$8D10.2C$8D10.2C!
[[ GRID ]]

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = MarBlocks5-OT-2x2-minimal
2A10.8B$2A10.8B$2A$2A$2A$2A$2A$2A5$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.
2C$8D10.2C$8D10.2C!
[[ GRID THEME Golly ]]

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x = 20, y = 20, rule = MarBlocks5-OT-2x2-minimal
2A10.8B$2A10.8B$2A$2A$2A$2A$2A$2A5$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.2C$18.
2C$8D10.2C$8D10.2C!
[[ GRID THEME Catagolue ]]

- Unlike every other rule family/color set I know of, anything that uses the Golly default colors has "Colours" as the shortcut name and "Set:" as the section title in Help > Info, in contrast to the "Theme" and "Theme:" seen elsewhere (even custom rules use the latter):

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b4o$
2o4bobo!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = 23/3/3
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b4o$
2o4bobo!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = PCA_4
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b4o$
2o4bobo!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = MarBlocks-3-rep
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b4o$
2o4bobo!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = none
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b4o$
2o4bobo!

-Invalid RLEs will result in the colors section in Help > Info (the one inconsistently titled as Theme and Colours, see above; in this case it uses the latter) acting as though the Golly default shades are being used to an extent, despite this not being accurate. For the first two, the Blues theme is clearly used, but the help section reports state 1's and 2's colors as that of Golly's defaults and also displays (default) instead of Blues as the theme name. The third pattern below correctly states that [R]History colors are being used and the reported colors seem correct, but the other four states in [R]History are completely omitted from the list. In all three examples, the state names for states 0 and 1 are not used, and only numbers are displayed. Which of the effects in this paragraph exactly are intended and which are not I can't be completely sure about, but all of this behaviour definitely seems weird:

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23:T10000,10000
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b4o$
2o4bobo!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23
2o2b2obobo$o2bo3bo$b3o2bobo$o4bo$2bo2b3obo$4bobo2bo$7ob2o$bo5b2o$5b10000o$
2o4bobo!

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x = 10, y = 10, rule = B3/S23History
HA2.2A.A.A$A2.A3.A$.3A2.A.A$A4.A$2.A2.3A.A$4.A.A2.A$7A.2A$.A5.2A$5.4A
$2A4.A.A!

(Secondary discovery here: the max pattern size is displayed, but the max bounded grid size is not.)

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Now for my custom rule theme handling proposal, which should hopefully remedy some of the above problems:

By default, any ruletable which is loaded by LifeViewer would be set to the CUSTOM theme. Whether the rule explicitly defines any colors is irrelevant - ruletables will start off with a custom theme regardless of whether every state has a specific color defined, or if there are no defined colors and it just defaults to the red-to-yellow gradient - both would be considered custom themes.

Rather than only showing up on special occasions, the default Golly colors palette would become a feature of the Golly theme. It would be separate from the usual Golly colors in the same sense that the Golly theme has a different set of colors for 2-state rules than it does for Generations rules.

This change would result in the following:

- The Theme menu button in Settings would no longer be grayed out. Opening it would of course reveal CUSTOM to be the currently selected theme, with the Golly theme being another selectable option. Selecting the Golly theme when the currently-used rule is a custom ruletable would cause the default Golly shades to be used for that ruletable, just like how any other theme would work (specifying the golly theme in a script would have much the same effect - the CUSTOM theme would still be available in the menu and could still be switched to). As a result, this would be implemented.
- The none rule would be set to the Golly theme by default, so that it displays the Golly default colors for cells. If script commands modify any of the 256 states' colors in the none rule, LifeViewer would consider this to be a CUSTOM theme. Like with ruletables, the Theme menu button would no longer be grayed out for the none rule, allowing for access to the menu to change the theme between the Golly theme and CUSTOM.

Some of the issues noted earlier in this post would be amended as a result:
- Specifying themes in script commands for the none rule and custom rules would no longer be a problem since themes would be inherently capable of handling custom rules. (Or rather, some themes would - I'll get to what should happen for the other themes in a bit.)
- Since the none rule would use the Golly theme by default, rather than not using a theme at all like is currently the case, then the weird Theme/Set/Colours help section naming inconsistency would be gone, since it'd make complete sense to call it the Theme section then. In addition, the displayed theme name would be "Golly", rather than the currently-nonexistent "(default)".

Another minor inconsistency that would be ironed out by this would be that custom rules would actually display a theme name in Help > Info > Theme. Currently, no such line exists for custom rules, which sets it apart from every other rulespace. This change would result in such a line being added, and the currently active theme's name being displayed there, since again, custom rules would actually be considered to be using a theme.

The Help > Themes section would gain a "Custom" section, analogous to the existing 2-State and Multi sections (and hopefully also a future PCA section), which would display the color values used for each cell state in each theme.

As for themes that aren't either CUSTOM or Golly, for custom/none rules:
- The MCell theme would use the following colors for each state:

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = none:P16,16
.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO$PQRSTUVWXpApBpCpDpEpFpG$pHpIpJpKpLpMpNpOpPpQpRpSpTpU
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$rHrIrJrKrLrMrNrOrPrQrRrSrTrUrVrW$rXsAsBsCsDsEsFsGsHsIsJsKsLsMsNsO$sP
sQsRsSsTsUsVsWsXtAtBtCtDtEtFtG$tHtItJtKtLtMtNtOtPtQtRtStTtUtVtW$tXuAuB
uCuDuEuFuGuHuIuJuKuLuMuNuO$uPuQuRuSuTuUuVuWuXvAvBvCvDvEvFvG$vHvIvJvKvL
vMvNvOvPvQvRvSvTvUvVvW$vXwAwBwCwDwEwFwGwHwIwJwKwLwMwNwO$wPwQwRwSwTwUwV
wWwXxAxBxCxDxExFxG$xHxIxJxKxLxMxNxOxPxQxRxSxTxUxVxW$xXyAyByCyDyEyFyGyH
yIyJyKyLyMyNyO!
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COLOR 220 41 124 0
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COLOR 222 21 186 0
COLOR 223 11 217 0
COLOR 224 0 255 0
COLOR 225 255 255 0
COLOR 226 255 219 0
COLOR 227 255 183 0
COLOR 228 255 147 0
COLOR 229 255 111 0
COLOR 230 255 75 0
COLOR 231 255 39 0
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COLOR 233 240 0 0
COLOR 234 225 0 0
COLOR 235 210 0 0
COLOR 236 195 0 0
COLOR 237 180 0 0
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COLOR 239 150 0 0
COLOR 240 128 0 0
COLOR 241 123 0 0
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COLOR 243 113 0 0
COLOR 244 108 0 0
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COLOR 247 93 0 0
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COLOR 249 71 31 0
COLOR 250 61 62 0
COLOR 251 51 93 0
COLOR 252 41 124 0
COLOR 253 31 155 0
COLOR 254 21 186 0
COLOR 255 11 217 0 ]]

- The Catagolue theme would use the following colors for each state, meaning that viewer windows would properly match the images generated by the site (some example patterns: https://catagolue.hatsya.com/census/x12 ... i2x128/xp2):

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x = 16, y = 16, rule = none:P16,16
.ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO$PQRSTUVWXpApBpCpDpEpFpG$pHpIpJpKpLpMpNpOpPpQpRpSpTpU
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uCuDuEuFuGuHuIuJuKuLuMuNuO$uPuQuRuSuTuUuVuWuXvAvBvCvDvEvFvG$vHvIvJvKvL
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wWwXxAxBxCxDxExFxG$xHxIxJxKxLxMxNxOxPxQxRxSxTxUxVxW$xXyAyByCyDyEyFyGyH
yIyJyKyLyMyNyO!
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COLOR 255 254 4 4
]]

- For all the other themes: do as you see fit. Whether it be creating dedicated color sets for each theme, use the Generations DYING to DYINGRAMP gradient, duplicate the Golly default shades for states 2-255 for all of the themes, don't define anything and see how the viewer handles it, or even just gray all of the other themes out in the theme menu and forbid their selection in scripts.

----

Hopefully I've described everything here in an understandable way - I've tried to account for absolutely everything in this ultimately somewhat minor suggestion. If there's anything you're not sure about, I wasn't clear enough on, any other problems this might pose, anything you disagree with or reasons why this can't be implemented, do tell me.

[rowett]

Golly has a range-250 cap on outer-totalistic triangular rules. LifeViewer, however, does not seem to reject rules with a range above this, and I doubt this is working as intended. Even just advancing one generation on the following pattern (which should leave it unchanged anyway) causes the viewer (and possibly more) to freeze entirely, so I'm not sure if this is due to LifeViewer crashing from attempting to simulate an invalid rule, it taking a monstrously long time to simulate one generation, or it taking a monstrously long time to simulate one generation incorrectly

The answer is option 2: it's taking a long time.

LifeViewer now takes less of a monstrously long time to simulate HROT Triangular rules.

[Book]

Is it ok to link to the js plug-in directly?

[rowett]

Is it ok to link to the js plug-in directly?

It's better to host it locally but I've got no particular objection.

[rowett]

A few (and hopefully final for now) ideas for neighbourhoods: (the range values might be a bit weird though, so implement how you personally see fit)

Aligned checkerboard (Nb):

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x = 17, y = 7, rule = bshistory
10.A.A.A.A$4.A.A.A2.A.A.A$A.A2.A.A2.A.A.A.A$.E2.A.E.A2.A.E.A$A.A2.A.A
2.A.A.A.A$4.A.A.A2.A.A.A$10.A.A.A.A!
[[ VIEWONLY GRID THEME Blues ]]

Aligned checkerboard (ND):

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x = 1, y = 1, rule=R4,C2,S,B1,ND
o!
[[ STOP 1 AUTOSTART NOREPORT HARDRESET ]]

[dvgrn]

A new display issue just came up that I've never seen before -- possibly a new bug, possibly involving LifeHistory?

See this post. If I open that pattern, it looks as if it's being displayed in some kind of limited-height bounded grid, but I don't see why it would do that.

Then, when I run to T=100 and then zoom far out and far in a few times, I find that zoom levels of -1.0 and below cause spurious red spots to appear above the actual patterns. These spots disappear as soon as I zoom in closer than -1.0, and re-appear again when I zoom out.

Is it my imagination, or do other people see this too? The first issue happens with a plain-Life version of the pattern, too -- see below.

LVdisplaybugreport.png (75.54 KiB) Viewed 1055 times

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x = 4362, y = 282, rule = B3/S23
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[hotdogPi]

I'm seeing the same thing.

[rowett]

A new display issue just came up that I've never seen before -- possibly a new bug, possibly involving LifeHistory?

See this post. If I open that pattern, it looks as if it's being displayed in some kind of limited-height bounded grid, but I don't see why it would do that.

This wasn't a bug it was a feature.
When a pattern escapes the original grid LifeViewer historically would double the width and height of the grid together. When the maximum grid size was then reached LifeViewer would draw gray around the pattern to show the grid extent.
Recently I improved the growth so LifeViewer can double the width or height of the grid independently. Unfortunately no one told the gray drawing routine about this improvement so as soon as the maximum with or height is reached it triggers drawing.
As a workaround for now LifeViewer will only draw the gray surround if both the maximum width and height are reached. At some stage I'll fix it properly.

Then, when I run to T=100 and then zoom far out and far in a few times, I find that zoom levels of -1.0 and below cause spurious red spots to appear above the actual patterns. These spots disappear as soon as I zoom in closer than -1.0, and re-appear again when I zoom out.

OK this was a bug. It's fixed - thanks for reporting!

[muzik]

Does far corners/edges currently only support outer-totalistic?

[rowett]

Does far corners/edges currently only support outer-totalistic?

Yes

[AlbertArmStain]

Trackloop multiplies the loop number by 10

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 ]]

[muzik]

Trackloop multiplies the loop number by 10

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 ]]

Isn't that so gridmajor doesn't jump?

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ GRID THEME Mono TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 GPS 20 ]]

It scaling to accommodate changes in it certainly implies so:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ GRID GRIDMAJOR 9 THEME Mono TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 GPS 20 ]]

That being said, it still seems to be multiplied by 10 even for themes which don't have a gridmajor value of 10, meaning it maybe only changes for manually-specified gridmajor values and otherwise defaults to 10 even if a theme has a different value:

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ GRID THEME MCell TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 GPS 20 ]]

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ GRID THEME Catagolue TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 GPS 20 ]]

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x = 3, y = 3, rule = B3/S23
bob$2bo$3o!
[[ GRID THEME Caterer TRACKLOOP 4 1/4 1/4 GPS 20 ]]

Since 1 and 5 are factors of 10, this doesn't produce any noticeable jumps, so you can only really tell from the T counter.

[muzik]

I've been considering splitting the LifeViewer article on the wiki up into smaller articles for a while now, given its particularly large size. Would you be fine with this as the creator and writer of most of the article?

I'm thinking this is how it'd be split:
- LifeViewer: basic features overview like with other pages on programs
- Tutorials/LifeViewer: details how to use LifeViewer, its menus, and other functionalities like graphs and themes
- Tutorials/LifeViewer scripting: details script commands that can be used with LifeViewer

[rowett]

I've been considering splitting the LifeViewer article on the wiki up into smaller articles for a while now, given its particularly large size. Would you be fine with this as the creator and writer of most of the article?

I'm thinking this is how it'd be split:
- LifeViewer: basic features overview like with other pages on programs
- Tutorials/LifeViewer: details how to use LifeViewer, its menus, and other functionalities like graphs and themes
- Tutorials/LifeViewer scripting: details script commands that can be used with LifeViewer

Sure, sounds good!

[bprentice]

LifeViewer displays SHOW PATTERN ERROR when a pattern references a rule that is not in the LifeWiki data base and SHOW IN VIEWER after the rule is entered into the data base. I have noticed that sometimes when working in the forum and running patterns in LifeViewer, SHOW PATTERN ERROR is displayed when the referenced rule is in the data base. Closing conwaylife.com and reopening it corrects the problem.

Can you think of anything that might cause this?

Brian Prentice

[dvgrn]

LifeViewer displays SHOW PATTERN ERROR when a pattern references a rule that is not in the LifeWiki data base and SHOW IN VIEWER after the rule is entered into the data base. I have noticed that sometimes when working in the forum and running patterns in LifeViewer, SHOW PATTERN ERROR is displayed when the referenced rule is in the data base. Closing conwaylife.com and reopening it corrects the problem.

Can you think of anything that might cause this?

That sounds like it might be consistent with LifeViewer's rule-caching feature. (?)

If the pattern does not use a natively supported rule then LifeViewer makes an asynchronous request to download the rule from the LifeWiki repository. If there are further requests for the same rule then only the first one queries the repository and the remainder get notified when the first request returns as to whether the rule is valid.

Valid rules are cached so when "Show in Viewer" is clicked the rule is local and immediately available. The cache disappears if you navigate to a different page.

[Nathaniel]

That sounds like it might be consistent with LifeViewer's rule-caching feature. (?)

It might be that, combined with the fact that lately LifeWiki has been tossing out database connection errors every now and then. So if LifeViewer makes a request for a rule, but LifeWiki responds with "sorry, I can't connect to the database right now", then LifeViewer thinks that rule doesn't exist and caches that non-existence.

[rowett]

So if LifeViewer makes a request for a rule, but LifeWiki responds with "sorry, I can't connect to the database right now", then LifeViewer thinks that rule doesn't exist and caches that non-existence.

True, but the LifeViewer cache is only for the current page. So if you refresh the page it should try again.

[GUYTU6J]

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x = 316, y = 3, rule = B2cei3-eik5en6k7e/S12-c3er4t5e6i7e8
bo$o313b2o$bo!

Go to generation 8791 and advance by 1 ticks, and the leftmost wickstretchers die instantly.

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If this is because they hit the boundary and are killed by LifeViewer, then why isn't it displayed as a border between black background and gray surroundings, as the viewer did previously (see dvgrn's post above)?

[rowett]

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x = 316, y = 3, rule = B2cei3-eik5en6k7e/S12-c3er4t5e6i7e8
bo$o313b2o$bo!

Go to generation 8791 and advance by 1 ticks, and the leftmost wickstretchers die instantly.
Screenshot_20220213_012515.jpg
If this is because they hit the boundary and are killed by LifeViewer

Yes.

then why isn't it displayed as a border between black background and gray surroundings, as the viewer did previously (see dvgrn's post above)?

As I wrote above: "At some stage I'll fix it properly.". I've not had time to do so yet.

[muzik]

Can the current speed be shown on the slider when "Go To Gen"/Identify are in use?

[GUYTU6J]

Not sure if on topic, but the LifeViewer plugin used in https://conwaylife.com/ref/lifepage is pretty outdated, as you can see when clicking on a pattern here to launch such a viewer. How can it be updated?

[dvgrn]

Not sure if on topic, but the LifeViewer plugin used in https://conwaylife.com/ref/lifepage is pretty outdated, as you can see when clicking on a pattern here to launch such a viewer. How can it be updated?

Yikes, Build 307, and we're all the way up to Build 700 now.

On the other hand, Build 307 works fine to display all those patterns. What would be the actual use case for updating it?

If I remember right, the process would be to update lv-plugin.js in this GitHub folder, and then let Nathaniel know to propagate the changes to the /ref folder on the server. I've done the first, but not the second yet.

[Nathaniel]

If I remember right, the process would be to update lv-plugin.js in this GitHub folder, and then let Nathaniel know to propagate the changes to the /ref folder on the server. I've done the first, but not the second yet.

I forget -- is there a (good) reason for having conwaylife.com/ref point to its own version of LV, rather than the version used by LifeWiki (at https://conwaylife.com/js/lv-plugin.js)?