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I can't download Golly
Posted: July 20th, 2020, 9:14 am
by ColorfulGalaxy
If you look at my posts, you may see some weird things such as "x=0, y=0".
That's because I can't download Golly.
I need to use Golly to encode patterns, or I have to type the code by hand.
Is GoIIy banned in China?
Please help.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: July 20th, 2020, 9:47 am
by dvgrn
ColorfulGalaxy wrote: July 20th, 2020, 9:14 am
If you look at my posts, you may see some weird things such as "x=0, y=0".
That's because I can't download Golly.
I need to use Golly to encode patterns, or I have to type the code by hand.
Is GoIIy banned in China?
Please help.
I hadn't heard that Golly itself has ever been banned in China. It's just a ZIP file containing an executable, after all, not a website.
SourceForge, the normal download location for Golly, is rumored to have been banned on at least three occasions, but the last report I can find is from years ago.
Are you looking for 32-bit Golly 3.3, or 64-bit? It's easy enough to put a copy somewhere else for you to download, but please be very specific about what version would be useful to you, and also any likely locations that you think might work for you. Google Drive and DropBox are both banned, I think? But you can probably get to
my files directory on cranemtn.com, right?
Another option you might try is to create patterns directly in LifeViewer. You can select, copy and paste standard RLE out of LifeViewer, once you know how. The strangest detail is having to click the "Sync" button before you hit Ctrl+C,, but only if you have made a selection with the mouse. But certainly if you can get a version of Golly working, that will be better.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: July 20th, 2020, 11:54 pm
by GUYTU6J
(Yet another Chinese newcomer!你好！)
The golly page on sourceforge.net is available for me currently. Maybe the local internet connection to overseas website is worse at night than that at day, and you may try to access sourceforge.net now. As for the software itself, it clearly is not banned.
Also, there is something called VPN.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: July 21st, 2020, 12:02 am
by ColorfulGalaxy
GUYTU6J wrote: July 20th, 2020, 11:54 pm
(Yet another Chinese newcomer!你好！)
The golly page on sourceforge.net is available for me currently. Maybe the local internet connection to overseas website is worse at night than that at day, and you may try to access sourceforge.net now. As for the software itself, it clearly is not banned.
Also, there is something called VPN.
I was told to use VPN, and it costs money.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: July 21st, 2020, 8:44 pm
by Hunting
dvgrn wrote: July 20th, 2020, 9:47 am
ColorfulGalaxy wrote: July 20th, 2020, 9:14 am
If you look at my posts, you may see some weird things such as "x=0, y=0".
That's because I can't download Golly.
I need to use Golly to encode patterns, or I have to type the code by hand.
Is GoIIy banned in China?
Please help.
I hadn't heard that Golly itself has ever been banned in China. It's just a ZIP file containing an executable, after all, not a website.
SourceForge, the normal download location for Golly, is rumored to have been banned on at least three occasions, but the last report I can find is from years ago.
Are you looking for 32-bit Golly 3.3, or 64-bit? It's easy enough to put a copy somewhere else for you to download, but please be very specific about what version would be useful to you, and also any likely locations that you think might work for you. Google Drive and DropBox are both banned, I think? But you can probably get to
my files directory on cranemtn.com, right?
Another option you might try is to create patterns directly in LifeViewer. You can select, copy and paste standard RLE out of LifeViewer, once you know how. The strangest detail is having to click the "Sync" button before you hit Ctrl+C,, but only if you have made a selection with the mouse. But certainly if you can get a version of Golly working, that will be better.
Google Drive and DropBox is both banned, but SourceForge is clearly not banned and stable.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: July 22nd, 2020, 6:36 am
by NoAyeBeardo
Well, I had trouble downloading Golly, but use LifeViewer more. I still have issues with opening Golly and my computer has issues opening the .mc file format.
Another thing is that please stop starting new threads unesscarily. There are threads for basic questions.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: July 22nd, 2020, 8:38 am
by Hunting
NoAyeBeardo wrote: July 22nd, 2020, 6:36 am
Well, I had trouble downloading Golly, but use LifeViewer more. I still have issues with opening Golly and my computer has issues opening the .mc file format.
Another thing is that please stop starting new threads unesscarily. There are threads for basic questions.
While I agree with most part of your post, thread for basic question is intended for discussion directly related to CGoL, and not softwares.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 25th, 2020, 6:12 pm
by otismo
I would like an off-line instance of Golly WebApp in my browser to use off-line.
is this available ?
Thank You !
Cheers !
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 25th, 2020, 6:46 pm
by bubblegum
otismo wrote: September 25th, 2020, 6:12 pm
I would like an off-line instance of Golly WebApp in my browser to use off-line.
is this available ?
Yes, it's called
Golly
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 25th, 2020, 7:19 pm
by otismo
bubblegum wrote: September 25th, 2020, 6:46 pm
otismo wrote: September 25th, 2020, 6:12 pm
I would like an off-line instance of Golly WebApp in my browser to use off-line.
is this available ?
Yes, it's called
Golly
I mean THIS Golly :
http://golly.sourceforge.net/webapp/golly.html
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 25th, 2020, 7:43 pm
by bubblegum
I don't know if you understand, but that other one is also Golly.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 25th, 2020, 8:40 pm
by BlinkerSpawn
Most browsers support downloading webpages, try that.
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 26th, 2020, 4:24 pm
by otismo
BlinkerSpawn wrote: September 25th, 2020, 8:40 pm
Most browsers support downloading webpages, try that.
why don't YOU try it, first...
please DO NOT RESPOND to my post unless u r actually using Golly in-browser and can explain how to do so
Thank You !
Cheers !
Re: I can't download Golly
Posted: September 26th, 2020, 5:41 pm
by dvgrn
bubblegum wrote: September 25th, 2020, 7:43 pmI don't know if you understand, but that other one is also Golly.
It's compiled from the same codebase, maybe, but for the purposes of the question, the online version is Javascript and Golly is a compiled executable -- not the same thing by any stretch.
I tried simply right-click / Save As on the webapp page. For LifeViewer that will download everything needed to build a functional local package, but it looks like a bit more fiddling around is needed for the Golly webapp. I tried getting rid of the ".download" suffix in the HTML and the hidden "Golly_files" folder, but that wasn't enough to make the local copy functional. I'm still seeing stuff in the Developer Console like
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Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'file:///C:/Users/greedd/Desktop/golly.data' from origin 'null' has been blocked by CORS policy: Cross origin requests are only supported for protocol schemes: http, data, chrome, chrome-extension, chrome-untrusted, https.
... which I know is probably solvable with enough research, but I'm not highly motivated at the moment to learn everything I'd need to know to sort this out.
A bunch of bitmaps don't get included in the download, either. Probably best to start from the golly-code Git repository -- looks like the bitmaps are all in a subfolder of the gui-web folder. Does anyone know offhand all the steps needed to get this working locally?