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Golly communication
Posted: June 26th, 2017, 10:24 am
by wwei23
What is going on? I pasted a rule into Golly 2.8, and now Golly 2.7 has it too, even though I didn't paste it into Golly 2.7! Why?
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 26th, 2017, 10:26 am
by Saka
wwei23 wrote:What is going on? I pasted a rule into Golly 2.8, and now Golly 2.7 has it too, even though I didn't paste it into Golly 2.7! Why?
What's the problem really? They probably share a common rule folder
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 26th, 2017, 10:32 am
by wwei23
Saka wrote:wwei23 wrote:What is going on? I pasted a rule into Golly 2.8, and now Golly 2.7 has it too, even though I didn't paste it into Golly 2.7! Why?
What's the problem really? They probably share a common rule folder
That's really weird. If I have two copies of Golly, how does one know that the other has a rule folder?
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 26th, 2017, 10:34 am
by Saka
wwei23 wrote:Saka wrote:wwei23 wrote:What is going on? I pasted a rule into Golly 2.8, and now Golly 2.7 has it too, even though I didn't paste it into Golly 2.7! Why?
What's the problem really? They probably share a common rule folder
That's really weird. If I have two copies of Golly, how does one know that the other has a rule folder?
Dunno lel. Now
this is the real question. I've been wondering too.
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 26th, 2017, 10:55 am
by apg
Your rules (the ones you paste into Golly) are stored in your user home directory (/home/whatever or C:\Users\whatever), rather than in the Rules subdirectory of the Golly installation.
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 26th, 2017, 8:47 pm
by Andrew
wwei23 wrote:If I have two copies of Golly, how does one know that the other has a rule folder?
They are both using the same GollyPrefs file. The path to your rules folder is set in Preferences > Control and stored in GollyPrefs. If you want your two Golly versions to use different rule folders then copy GollyPrefs from its current location (see bottom of Help > File Menu) and put it in the same folder as the Golly executable. Restart that Golly and change the rules folder path in Prefs > Control.
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 29th, 2017, 10:16 am
by wwei23
I want to honor the Golly Gang for this smart choice. Every time I apgsearch a non-totalistic rule, Golly 2.7v can use it!
Re: Golly communication
Posted: June 29th, 2017, 10:19 am
by wwei23
By the way, Golly 2.7 has a minor advantage over Golly 2.8. If you have it minimized, it seems to go really fast, while Golly 2.8 doesn't.