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• new graph script commands:
  • [[ GRAPH ]] enables population graph display on pattern load
  • [[ GRAPHOPACITY <0.0..1.0> ]] sets the graph background opacity
  • [[ GRAPHPOINTS ]] draws the graph as points rather than lines
• added graph data to help information
• added "Just Friends" to the non-totalistic aliases

• initial generation was being ignored for graph y axis scaling
• graph y axis label now abbreviates automatically when Viewer height is small

dvgrn wrote:I'll manage a decent review by the end of the weekend, anyway. If that's not fast enough, my quick look at your test pages says that it's probably an improvement on the status quo -- so really I'm happy with the release-now test-later roll-back-if-necessary model, too. Saves me some test setup time...!

• shift and hotkey "o" now opens population graph snapshot in separate window

• population graph x axis limit was incorrect for generations less than the graph width

• added the ability to customize graph colors - test
  • [[ COLOR GRAPHBG R G B ]] sets background color
  • [[ COLOR GRAPHAXIS R G B ]] sets axis color
  • [[ COLOR GRAPHALIVE R G B ]] sets alive color
  • [[ COLOR GRAPHBIRTH R G B ]] set birth color
  • [[ COLOR GRAPHDEATH R G B ]] sets death color
• added graph colors to help information

• when just [[ COLOR BACKGROUND ]] and [[ COLOR ALIVE ]] were specified an invalid [[ COLOR DEADRAMP ]] was created

• tooltips in multi-item controls now work after item clicked

rowett wrote:Build 221 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• tooltips in multi-item controls now work after item clicked

• fixed an issue with the allocator during startup

dvgrn wrote:Can you have a quick look at what is going on with my nice easy testing method?

rowett wrote:Let me know if build 222 works for you...

rowett wrote:Build 222 is now available on the lazyslug server

Fixes in this build:

• fixed an issue with the allocator during startup

dvgrn wrote:The rule=MAP stuff looks good. I initially expected a space between "MAP" and the map string, but that seems to produce a VIEWONLY view of the pattern. It's a little odd that "MAP" is technically a series of characters that might be part of a rule string -- there might not be very many interesting rules where the string starts with MAP, but still it's kind of strange to have no delimiter there. I can see how a colon would be a bad delimiter, since it's used for something else. Maybe a space, though -- or a forward slash?

dvgrn wrote:The population graph looks really good, especially as it's being generated and adjusting itself in real time! The only issue I've run into so far is that when I graphed the

x = 2557, y = 73, rule = LifeHistory

pattern here, the graph adjusted itself beautifully forwards in time at step=50, until it went flat. I ran it until the flat line was about as long as the interesting part... and then hit "b" to see what happened when I stepped backwards. LifeViewer suddenly got very unresponsive, though it didn't quite lock up.

rowett wrote:I've seen step back run slow on occasion but never consistently. I presume LifeViewer did indeed step back and resume normal service after the pause?

dvgrn wrote:Bother -- I seem to have tripped over a subtle bug with bounded universes combined with MAP rules

• fixed an issue with MAP rules and bounded grids - test
• fit zoom and thumbnail mode now work together
• graphs now display properly in thumbnail mode - test
• graph colors were incorrect on some browsers

rowett wrote:Build 223 is now available on the lazyslug server

x = 9, y = 3, rule = MAP3141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628
o!
#C [[ AUTOSTART AUTOFIT ]]

x = 9, y = 3, rule = MAP3141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628
oboobobob$booboboob$oboboobo!
#C [[ AUTOSTART AUTOFIT HISTORYFIT GPS 10 ]]

x = 9, y = 3, rule = MAP31415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751058209749445923078164062862089986280
o!
#C [[ AUTOSTART AUTOFIT ]]

x = 9, y = 3, rule = MAP314159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459230781640628620899862803
o!
#C [[ AUTOSTART AUTOFIT ]]

• better error reporting for invalid MAP rules - test

• AUTOSTART no longer runs patterns with invalid rules

• added script command [[ NOGRAPH ]] which disables the population graph
  • slight performance increase when not tracking population

• statistics generation was not being reset when new pattern loaded in existing viewer

rowett wrote:Dave let's give it the weekend to see if any more MAP bugs appear and then do a release.

dvgrn wrote:Meanwhile, the Caterpillar has found its way into a JavaScript-based simulator/editor running HashLife.