Copying and pasting patterns on tablet- help needed

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Liberonscien
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Copying and pasting patterns on tablet- help needed

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I can't figure out how to get a pattern from the net into golly.
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Re: Copying and pasting patterns on tablet- help needed

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It's simple. Copy the following text (and do the same for any RLE file you might see on the forums):

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x = 46, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
8b6o5b4o$8b4o7b2obo$11b2obo7bo$13b2o5b2o2$13b2o5b2o$11b2obo7bo$8b4o7b
2obo12b2o$8b6o5b4o12b2o2$39bo$39bo4$41bo8$36b2o5b2o$35bo2bo3bo2bo$23b
2o11bo2bobo2bo$24b2o13bobo$23bo13b3ob3o$35b3o5b3o$35b2o7b2o$35b2o7b2o$
36bob2ob2obo$36b3o3b3o$37bo5bo3$36b2o5b2o$36b2o5b2o11$2o$b2o$o!
Then go to the mobile version of Golly, and hit the "Paste" button. You should see the pattern appear with its bounding box shaded in red. Here you can drag the pattern around to wherever you want within the universe. Click the "Paste" button again. Here you get some options. Of course, there's the "Paste" button, which might have "(OR)", "(AND)", "(COPY)", or "(XOR)" depending on your settings. There's also the "Abort" button, which cancels the pasting; "Paste to Selection", which pastes within your selection if you have one; and a few transformation buttons, which should be self-explanatory.

TL;DR: Copy the text, hit the Paste button in Golly, move the pattern to where you want, hit Paste again, and select the "Paste (<whatever>)" option.

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7b2o2bo4bobo$obob2o5bo2bo4bobo$2bo4bo2b2o3bo4b2o$2o2bobo3bob2obo3bo$ob
ob2obo3bobobob3obo$4bo6b2o3bobo2bo$2o2bo2b2o11bo!
Liberonscien
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Re: Copying and pasting patterns on tablet- help needed

Post by Liberonscien »

SuperSupermario24 wrote:It's simple. Copy the following text (and do the same for any RLE file you might see on the forums):

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x = 46, y = 51, rule = B3/S23
8b6o5b4o$8b4o7b2obo$11b2obo7bo$13b2o5b2o2$13b2o5b2o$11b2obo7bo$8b4o7b
2obo12b2o$8b6o5b4o12b2o2$39bo$39bo4$41bo8$36b2o5b2o$35bo2bo3bo2bo$23b
2o11bo2bobo2bo$24b2o13bobo$23bo13b3ob3o$35b3o5b3o$35b2o7b2o$35b2o7b2o$
36bob2ob2obo$36b3o3b3o$37bo5bo3$36b2o5b2o$36b2o5b2o11$2o$b2o$o!
Then go to the mobile version of Golly, and hit the "Paste" button. You should see the pattern appear with its bounding box shaded in red. Here you can drag the pattern around to wherever you want within the universe. Click the "Paste" button again. Here you get some options. Of course, there's the "Paste" button, which might have "(OR)", "(AND)", "(COPY)", or "(XOR)" depending on your settings. There's also the "Abort" button, which cancels the pasting; "Paste to Selection", which pastes within your selection if you have one; and a few transformation buttons, which should be self-explanatory.

TL;DR: Copy the text, hit the Paste button in Golly, move the pattern to where you want, hit Paste again, and select the "Paste (<whatever>)" option.
Thank-you for the help.
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