Life tag testing

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Build 662 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• ignore history states for Select All on PCA rules

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Build 674 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• added Shrink Selection button to Select mode (hotkey Shift-A)
• combine generations per step and steps per second controls and add 1x speed button
• allow blank RLE to mean empty pattern
• minimum LifeViewer window width is now 40px wider
• 2-state Random Fill (selection and paste) now use the current drawing state
• increased the width of the current cell display
• grid can now grow independently in X and Y direction
• default grid size is now 512x256 (used to be 512x512)
• Cells outside a bounded grid are shown as "[Boundary]"
• [[ STARTFROM ]] now stops if all cells die
• playback should now be more consistent (less janking)

Fixes in this build:

• various fixes for Edit operations with [R]History state 6 cells
• fixed Select All for [R]Super patterns
• disable selection for none rules
• fixed Bounded cell colour in Help
• fixed state names in Help when patterns have more states than the rule
• fix menu colours when invalid pattern loaded
• Select All for Generations now ignores history states
• don't show Heat for Margolus or alternating rules (including B0)
• fix state names for none rule
• fix neighborhood info for none rule
• disable Layers and Depth for none rule
• fix elapsed time not being calculated for T >= 16384 with Identify and [[ STARTFROM ]]
• don't expand THUMBNAILs on Touch devices unless touch is released over Viewer
• ignore extra states for 2-state patterns when computing number of alive cells at pattern load
• disable [[ KILLGLIDERS ]] for non-2-state patterns
• fixed [[ STARTFROM ]] when multi-state patterns die
• don't create undo record if no selection is made
• add AGESTATES to Theme Help
• fixed an infinite loop when invalid [[ COLOR ]] element specified
• improve invalid Theme error message
• enforce even bounded grid width and height for triangular LtL/HROT rules
• Select All was including bounding box for 2-state HROT/LtL patterns
• when patterns are killed by hitting the grid boundary update the population and death statistics
• hotkey "m" will display Memory topic when in Help topics menu
• rectangular cells for triangular patterns were not being used for paste overlay
• fixed clear [R]History/[R]Super tooltips
• fixed rotate selection for hex rules

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Build 675 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fix issue for Safari 12 on iOS

[rowett]

Build 676 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• added Cancel Selection button to Select mode
• added Rand Pattern button to Settings->Pattern menu which randomizes the pattern but keeps the current rule

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Build 677 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• support different monitor refresh rates
  • measured refresh rate is shown in Help->Info->Display

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Build 678 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fix incorrect speed setting in initial UI control

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Build 679 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• don't override GPS definition when STEP is 1x

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Build 680 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• don't jump to Script Help Topic if Help requested with script errors displayed

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Build 681 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• prevent flickering during frame rate measurement

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Build 682 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• add extra frame time measurement information to Help->Info->Display

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Build 683 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• ensure frame rate is no lower than 60Hz

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Build 684 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• restore Hex grid support for HROT rules

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Build 685 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fixed issue with UI controls being hidden after error report

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Build 686 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fixed Alive cell count for "none" rules

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Build 687 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• only show Age states in Help for rules that have them
• restore Hex grid support for LtL rules
• fixed issue with Triangular rules and grid alignment

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Build 688 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fix Tilt issue during frame rate measurement
• prevent Script commands from altering camera controls not supported by the current rule
• align "Empty Pattern" messages
• Step Forward after Step Back was being ignored for the first step
• sort outer-totalistic Triangular aliases alphabetically

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Build 689 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• you can now zoom out to -32x
  • hotkey Shift-3 now sets zoom to -32x

[rowett]

Build 690 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• added a small dead zone in the Speed slider to make it easier to select 1x speed
  • you can also set 1x speed by clicking the 1x button to the left of the slider
• added Hex RGB values to Help

Fixes in this build:

• fixed CellBorders UI control not being set when [[ CELLBORDERS ]] script command specified

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Build 691 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• show in which directions there are more states on the State UI slider in Draw mode

Fixes in this build:

• fixed Edit actions for 2-state RuleTable/RuleTree rules on odd generations

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Build 692 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• when a pattern fails to decode add a "Show Pattern Error" link which pops up the error details when clicked

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Build 693 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• added "Text" and "Error" colours to Help->Info->Theme when not customized
• improved performance for HROT Triangular rules

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Build 694 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• improved performance for HROT Checkerboard rules

Fixes in this build:

• fixed a potential crash for unbounded HROT von Neumann rules

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Build 695 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• further performance improvements to HROT NL rules

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Build 696 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• new LtL/HROT neighbourhood 'NF' for Far Corner/Far Edges rules
  • rule R parameter sets the default range for Corners and Edges
  • override R by specifying C<number> and/or E<number>
  • example: FarCorners rule would be: R2,C2,S2-3,B3,NFE1 (i.e. corners 2, edges 1)
• new script command [[ PLAYTIME ]] will show duration of last playback

[rowett]

Build 697 is now available on the lazyslug server

Enhancements in this build:

• new LtL/HROT 'ND' neighbourhood for Aligned Checkerboard rules