Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: golly
New upstream release of golly (2.2):
Changelog:
* Golly supports bounded grids with various topologies (plane, torus,
Klein bottle, etc.). Such grids are created by adding a special suffix to the
usual rule string. The details are in Help > Bounded Grids.
* Two new script commands, getwidth and getheight, return the size of the
current grid.
* The new scripts, make-torus.py and make-torus.pl, can be used to convert
the current selection into a toroidal universe.
* Any BOARD and WRAP settings in an MCell file are now obeyed (e.g.
Bloomerang.mcl).
* Golly can record and play back a pattern's "timeline", a sequence of
steps saved by the new Start Recording item in the Control menu. Use the Delete
Timeline item to delete a timeline. Timelines are supported by all the
hashlife-based algorithms (ie. all except QuickLife).
* Show Timeline in the View menu toggles the new timeline bar below the
viewport window.
* If a timeline exists when you save a .mc file then all the steps will be
stored in the file. On opening such a file, Golly will load the timeline and
automatically show the timeline bar.
* Multi-color icons are supported and allow both icon and color information
to be stored in the one file (more details here).
* Rule tables now support hexagonal and oneDimensional neighborhoods and
the permute symmetry.
* Added a section on naming conventions for .table and .tree files.
* Added a new Python script, make-ruletree.py, that allows you to write
rules in Python and have them installed in the form of .tree files. See the
comments at the top of the script.
* New script: RuleTableToTree.py, that converts rule tables to trees. It
provides emulation for several neighborhoods not natively supported by Golly:
triangularVonNeumann, triangularMoore, Margolus, etc. More details here.
* New Turmite scripts, e.g. Turmite-gen.py, for generating rule trees and
icons for relative- and absolute-movement turmites on square, hexagonal and
triangular grids.
* The goto.py script is much faster (thanks to PM 2Ring).
* Hitting escape aborts a script that has called a lengthy run() or step()
command.
* Langtons-Ant.table has been replaced with Langtons-Ant.tree. The new rule
is faster, handles multiple ants correctly, and matches most other
implementations of this CA.
* Reorganized the Patterns folder: moved Conway's Life patterns into Life
subfolder, moved rule subfolders out of Other-Rules to top level under
Patterns, added Life-Like folder.
* Added new Turmite patterns, e.g. WormTrails.rle.
* Other new patterns: golly-ants.rle, Langtons-Ant.rle,
JvN-loop-replicator.rle.gz, Herschel-conduit-stamp-collection.rle,
Boustrophedon-replicator.rle.
* Increased the maximum base step from 10,000 to 2,000,000,000.
* Help > Keyboard Shortcuts lists unassigned actions at the end.
* The drawing state can be changed by creating keyboard shortcuts for two
new actions called Next Higher State and Next Lower State (see Preferences >
Keyboard).
* You can turn off the beep sound by unticking the option at the bottom of
Preferences > Edit.
* Loading a pattern won't proceed if the "save changes" dialog appears and
you select Save but then decide to cancel the "save pattern" dialog.
* Fixed bug that caused cells to be created in the wrong location when
editing very large patterns.
* Fixed bug drawing incorrect selection rectangle if very large.
* Fixed cursor problem if the shift key is used in a keyboard shortcut to
open a dialog/window.
* Fixed weird bug on Mac that could cause the viewport to lose keyboard
focus after clicking in the layer bar's "delete layer" button.
* Fixed undo history getting out of sync if you tried to reset to a saved
starting pattern that had been deleted.
* Fixed a bug drawing incorrect icons when layers are stacked.
* Fixed a bug not updating the paste image when colors are inverted.
* Fixed a problem with the hash() command in a multi-state universe.
* Fixed problems using a keyboard shortcut or menu command while a script
is running.
* Dropped support for Mac OS 10.3.9.
Ideally we'd get this into Debian and sync it down, however this would
be good to get into Natty.
** Affects: golly (Ubuntu)
Importance: Wishlist
Status: Confirmed
** Affects: golly (Debian)
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
** Changed in: golly (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Wishlist
** Changed in: golly (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #605935
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605935
** Also affects: golly (Debian) via
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605935
Importance: Unknown
Status: Unknown
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Plese upgrade golly to version 2.2 (upstream)
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