/ This is the Life help file. It is not meant to be read 'by hand', but rather
/ by the Life program itself or by the documentation reader README.PRG.
/ See the documentation to README for details.
/
#:MAIN
T| * Help Menu *
�
=:HELP
+:About Life
=:CREDITS
+:The File Menu
=:FILEMENU
+:The Initialize Menu
=:INITMENU
+:The Settings Menu
=:SETTINGSMENU
+:The Help Menu
=:HELP
/
#:HELP
T| * Help Needed? *
�
Choosing the HELP menu or pressing HELP anywhere in the program
takes you into the help system. Navigate the menus with the mouse,
or use the keyboard.
Use the arrow up/down keys to select an entry. Then hit RETURN
to select it. Or press UNDO or the left-arrow key to go back to
the previous menu. Press Escape to return to Life altogether.
�
+|I want to know more about keyboard-navigation...
=:KEYS
+|I want to know more about mouse-navigation...
=:MOUSE
+|Who hacked up this wonderful thingie?
=:HLPCREDITS
/
#:KEYS
T| * Extended Key Handling *
�
The new key bindings are as follows:

Quit:						  ESC
Help:						  HELP
Move down in the menu list:   DOWN ARROW
Move up in the menu list:	  UP ARROW
Select the hilited menu item: RIGHT ARROW
							  RETURN
							  ENTER
Go back to previous menu:	  LEFT ARROW
							  UNDO
Go to the first menu:		  CLR HOME
/
#:MOUSE
T| * Extended Mouse Support *
�
The mouse can be used in the following ways:

Move down in the menu list:   MOUSE DOWN
Move up in the menu list:	  MOUSE UP
Select the hilited menu item: LEFT BUTTON
							  MOUSE RIGHT
Go back to previous menu:	  RIGHT BUTTON
							  MOUSE LEFT
/
#:HLPCREDITS
T| * Who did it? *
�
T|Original concept, design & first-versions-programming:
T|Todd Burkey	(trb@stag.uucp)  (C)opyright 1988
T|
T|Ported to Pure C, LINEA-replacement, wrapping menus,
T|cosmetic changes and lots and lots more:

 Jeroen Scheerder						  Hendrik Jan Veenstra
 (Jeroen.Scheerder@let.ruu.nl)					 (hjv@phil.ruu.nl)

T|March-28-1993, Utrecht, Holland
/
#:CREDITS
T| * About Life *
�
Life was mainly written by me, that is Jeroen Scheerder.

Many others came up with good ideas and even more people
came up with not-so-good ideas. Thanks anyway, guys & gals!
Most of all, I am endebted to those who provided wonderful
libraries: Harald Siegmund, for his magnificent Normalized Key
Code Converter, and Olaf Meisiek, for his brilliant MyDials.
�
+|More about Normalized Key Codes
=:NKCCCREDITS
+|More about MyDials
=:MDCREDITS
/
#:FILEMENU
T| * The File Menu *
�
+:Load Universe..
=:LOAD
+:Run Universe..
=:RUN
+:Save Universe..
=:SAVE
+:Merge XLIFE file...
=:MERGEX
+:Load XLIFE file..
=:LOADX
+:Save XLIFE file..
=:SAVEX
+:XLIFE file info..
=:XINFO
+:Print Universe..
=:PRINT
+:Quit Life
=:QUIT
/
#:LOAD
T| * Loading a Universe *
�
This option lets you select a universe in the proprietary
ST Life file format.
If you press a modifier (Shift, Alternate, Control, CapsLock)
while loading a file, you'll enter the 'Change Universe'
dialog before the file is interpreted.
�
+:Load and Run a universe
=:RUN
/
#:RUN
T| * Running a Universe *
�
This command loads a universe and immediately starts
generating new generations.
�
+:Loading a universe
=:LOAD
/
#:SAVE
T| * Saving a Universe *
�
The menu option 'Save' lets you select a filename, and writes
the current menu and settings to that file.
All settings - cell size, random factor, step mode, border
mode, the rules - are stored in files saved this way.
To change the default settings of the program, simply configure
ST Life to your specific wishes and save a universe 'LIFE.LF'
in the program's home directory. It will be read everytime
the program is executed.
/
#:MERGEX
T| * Merging a X-Life file *
�
ST Life can read and write universes in the X-LIFE file
formats. The 'Merge XLIFE file..' command allows you to
load such a file without clearing the current universe: all
living cells in the X-LIFE file will be added to the
current universe.
/
#:LOADX
T| * Loading a X-Life file *
�
ST Life can read and write universes in the X-LIFE file
formats. The 'Load XLIFE file..'  command allows you to
load such a file after clearing the current universe.
Here, too, transformations can be applied by pressing
a modifier key.
/
#:SAVEX
T| * Saving a X-Life file *
�
Choose this menu option to write the current universe
in a format readable by the XLIFE program.
/
#:XINFO
T| * X-Life file info *
�
Since X-Life universes can be of arbitrary size, it
can be desirable to measure their size before trying
to load them.

That way, it is possible to find correct dimensions and
offsets should there be any transformations necessary.
The info provided consists of the file's type (there
are three X-Life formats), and the smallest and largest
X- and Y-coordinates.
/
#:PRINT
T| * Printing a Universe *
�
Depending on your configuration different things
happen when the 'Print' command is chosen.
If you have GDOS installed, ST Life will use that
to print the current universe: that way, your favourite
printer is supported, and some sophisticated scaling
can be performed.

If there is no GDOS presend, the screen is dumped to
the printer using the screen dump routine provided
by the ST's operating system - the very same thing
you get by pressing Alternate-Help.
/
#:QUIT
T| * Quitting ST Life *
�
Choosing the 'Quit' command quits life: if you've
issued the keyboard shortcut (^Q) you'll be asked
to confirm your choice before actually quitting.
/
#:INITMENU
T| * The Initialize Menu *
�
+:Random Universe
=:RANDOM
+:Clear Universe
=:CLEAR
+:Fill Universe
=:FILL
+:Change Universe..
=:CHANGE
+:Go!
=:GO
/
#:RANDOM
T| * Generating a randomly filled Universe *
�
Choosing this menu option generates a randomly
filled universe: the chance any cell has of
coming alive is determined by the sdlected
Random Factor.
�
+:RandolFactor
=:RANDOMFACTOR
/
#:CLEAR
T| * Cldaring a Universe *
�
Choosing the 'Clear' menu option empthAs the
ctrrent univdrse, so that you can start with
a      ,hiccup        ,hierarchy     ,hieroglyphic  ,hike          ,hilarious     ,hinge         ,historical    ,histrionic    ,hive          ,hoax          ,hodiernal     ,homage        ,homeopathy    ,homologize    ,honeymoon     ,honour        ,horizontal    ,horology      ,horse         ,horticulture  ,hound         ,howler        ,humanitarian  ,hunter        ,hyalite       ,hydraulic     ,hymn          ,hypaethral    ,hyperbola     ,hypnotic      ,hypocaust     ,iceberg       ,icosahedron   ,identify      ,idyll         ,igloo         ,illegal       ,illuminate    ,illustration  ,imagination   ,immigrate     ,immortal      ,imp           ,impact        ,imperialism   ,impersonate   ,import        ,inclinometer  ,incognito     ,increase      ,indefatigable ,indigo        ,industrial    ,inebriate     ,inertia       ,inextricable  ,infancy       ,infiltrate    ,influx        ,inherit       ,injustice     ,ink           ,innoxious     ,inquest       ,insulate      ,intellectual  ,international ,interval      ,intuitive     ,iolite        ,ion           ,irksome       ,ironmonger    ,irrigate      ,island        ,isosceles     ,isthmus       ,itinerant     ,ivory         ,ivy           ,ixia          ,jacket        ,jacobus       ,janizary      ,jargon        ,jaunt         ,jazz          ,jelly         ,jeopardize    ,jerk          ,jester        ,jetty         ,jewel         ,jezail        ,jiggle        ,jihad         ,jodhpurs      ,joint         ,journal       ,jovial        ,judicial      ,juggernaut    ,junior        ,junket        ,jurisprudence ,justice       ,justify       ,juvenile      ,juvenilia     ,juxtapose     ,juxtaposition ,kakemono      ,kapok         ,karma         ,kayak         ,kerb          ,kerchief      ,kerosene      ,kerseymere    ,ketchup       ,khaki         ,khamsin       ,kier          ,kimono        ,kindergarten  ,kinematic     ,kiosk         ,kitchen       ,knight        ,knowledge     ,kohl          ,kraal         ,krypton       ,kukri         ,kvass         ,kymograph     ,lader to
be able to see more precisely what's happening.
For that reason a delay between consecutive
universes can be selected.
The time needed for computation is subtracted
from the selected delay, so that this can be
done in real time.
/
#:BORDER
T| * The Space between Us *
�
Cells can either be drawn with or without
a little space inbetween. Visually, things
are clearer with, but less cells fit the
screen that way.

This option may be disabled if given the
current cell size there is insufficient
memory to hold all cells without a border.
/
#:CELLSIZE
T| * Setting the Cell Size *
�
More cells means more computations to be done;
sometimes a bigger size may suffice, sometimes
a smaller size is necessary.
Select the desired cell size by clicking its
representation.
/
#:RULES
T| * Setting the Rules *
�
ST Life is in fact more than a simple implementation
of the Game of Life: its operation is abstracted
from the LIFE-rules, so that other combinations
can be selected for both birth and survival.

This makes it possible to examine the behaviour
of a wider range of cellular automata.
/
#:NKCCCREDITS
T| * Normalized Key Codes *
�
The program uses the so-called Normalized Key Code Converter
(Release 2.71	Copyright (c) 1989-1991 Harald Siegmund).
This makes it independant of the specific keyboard you use -
your HELP-key will always be interpreted as a HELP-key, even
if it happens to send a code which *my* keyboard sends when
pressing the CTRL-ALT-LSHIFT-Q key.
/
#:MDCREDITS
T| * MyDials *
�
In the beginning there were only ordinary
dialog boxes. Then Julian Reschke, the
author of the ultimate book for ST(E)/TT
programmers created a library called FlyDials.
Alas, he let nearly noone use it.
Other people, therefore, implemented a similar
facility: dialogs with key control, beautiful
Mac-ish radio buttons and checkboxes, and move
boxes to drag the dialog. One of those libraries
is called MyDials, and it is written by Olaf
Meisiek. I believe it to be one of the most
well-designed and stable among its kind.