Help Tab
The Help tab behaves like a simplified browser and is used to display
HTML information on a variety of topics.
Special links
A number of Golly-specific links are used for various purposes:
-  edit:file
 Display the given file in a modal view.
-  get:url
 Download the specified file and process it according to its type:
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A HTML file (.htm or .html) is displayed in the Help tab.
Note that this HTML file can contain get links with partial URLs.
For a good example of their use, see the
LifeWiki Pattern Archive.
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A text file (.txt or .doc or a name containing "readme") is displayed in
a modal view.
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A zip file's contents are displayed in the Help tab.
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A rule file (.rule) is installed into Documents/Rules/ and Golly then
switches to the corresponding rule.
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A pattern file is loaded and displayed in the Pattern tab.
 
-  lexpatt:pattern
 Load the given Life Lexicon pattern
and display it in the Pattern tab.
-  open:file
 Load the given pattern and display it in the Pattern tab.
-  rule:rulename
 Load the given rule and switch to the Pattern tab.
-  unzip:zip:file
 Extract a file from the given zip file and process it in the
same manner as a get link (see above).
Golly creates unzip links when it opens a zip file and displays
its contents in the Help tab.