Some useful hints and tips

- To view a pattern file just drop it onto the Golly app or onto the Golly window if the app is already running.
- When Golly starts up it looks for scripts called golly-start.pl or golly-start.py in the same directory as the Golly application and then in a user-specific data directory (see the Preferences item for the likely path on your system). If either script is found then it is automatically executed.
- Displaying the population count can cause a significant slow-down when generating large patterns, especially when using HashLife. If you want to generate at maximum speed then just hit ";" to hide the status bar. You can toggle the status bar at any time, even in full screen mode.
- Editing operations are fastest in QuickLife.
- Pasting large, sparse patterns is much faster if using Or mode, or if the current pattern is empty, or if the paste rectangle is completely outside the current pattern edges.
- The hand cursor can be used to scroll the view by clicking and dragging. If you drag the cursor outside any view edge then scrolling will occur continuously; ie. you don't have to move the cursor. If the cursor is outside any corner (ie. outside two edges) then the scrolling direction will be diagonal.
- Actually, continuous scrolling also occurs if the hand cursor is dragged onto any view edge or corner. This allows such scrolling to occur in full screen mode.
- While dragging the mouse to make (or modify) a selection, the escape key can be used to cancel the operation and restore the original selection.