MathAndCode wrote: ↑December 31st, 2020, 3:03 pm
dvgrn wrote: ↑December 31st, 2020, 2:47 pm
Right, so what do you think of switching to LifeSuper so that inputs can be marked with a different state than outputs? Really I'd prefer sticking with LifeHistory and leaving both inputs and outputs as state 4, though, since in practice I pretty much never want either of them on.
When I want to turn a marked-OFF Herschel on, I select it and use Alt+K to switch the state from 4 to 3.
For some reason, that doesn't work for me...
Have you moved scripts around in your Scripts folder, or something like that? As far as I know, all editions of Golly 4.0 should have Scripts/Lua/toChangeState.lua, and that's what the error message says Golly is looking for. It was actually in a few versions before that, if I remember right. You can get a copy from
here if necessary.
MathAndCode wrote: ↑December 31st, 2020, 3:03 pm
Also, I would have to do it individually for each conduit, while the other way around could be done all at once -- as long as there aren't any weird overlapping part-state-1 part-state-3 pre-Herschels for the dependent conduits.
Yup, I guess as long as inputs are (the only) State 3, and outputs are (the only) State 4, then a couple of quick state changes should get the ECC to the way I or anyone else might want it.
Also the current ECC has a few oddball composite conduits, like the HSE16T36, in there for historical reasons -- when it was invented, there were less than twenty known Herschel-to-glider converters, so it was part of the "original set". Or rather the not-quite-original set. The first collection by Stephen Silver didn't include that one.
We should probably get rid of the yellow coloring for those composite conduits, and figure out some other way of marking or labeling things like the Silver reflector and the P->L that are considered important enough to be included in the ECC even though they're composite.
MathAndCode wrote: ↑December 31st, 2020, 3:03 pm
By the way, do you know why the status bar takes up seven lines? It got taller for me a few days to a week ago, and I don't know why or how to change it back.
Try turning off View > Show Exact Numbers. You might have hit Ctrl+E accidentally at some point.