Changes in version 1.1 (released November 2006)

• Added Save Extended RLE option (initially ticked) to the File menu. An extended RLE file stores the pattern position and generation count (if > 0) so they can be restored when the file is loaded.
• Macrocell files also store the generation count if > 0.
• Non-extended RLE files are now loaded so that 0,0 is at the top left corner of the pattern rather than in the middle of the pattern.
• Golly can read BMP/GIF/PNG/TIFF files and paste bitmap data. All non-white pixels become live cells.
• Golly can read pattern files using David Bell's dblife format.
• Starting patterns are saved in a temporary file rather than in memory. This is much faster when hashing (saving a macrocell file is very quick).
• Random Fill is much faster in typical cases.
• Escape key can be used to stop generating.
• Numerous additions and updates to the pattern collection.
• Added fuse-watcher.py, metafier.py and shift.py to the Scripts folder.
• More mouse interaction is allowed while a script is running. A script can be aborted by clicking the stop button in the tool bar or by selecting Stop in the Control menu.
• Resizing the help window no longer changes the scroll position.
• Fixed a bug loading huge macrocell files.
• Fixed an obscure bug in the non-hashing algorithm.
• Path to Scripts folder is only added to Python's sys.path once.
• Fixed rect bug in Scripts/glife/__init__.py (thanks to Dan Hoey).
• Golly's code can be compiled with a Unicode build of wxWidgets.

Changes in version 1.0 (released June 2006)

• Added Python script support (see the new Scripting topic).
• Golly is available for Linux/GTK.
• Mac app is a Universal Binary (4 times faster on an Intel Mac).
• Added ability to change various colors via Preferences > Color. The Black on White option has been replaced by Swap Cell Colors.
• Increased the base step limit from 100 to 10,000.
• Added Show Hash Info option to the Control menu.
• Added Show Exact Numbers option to the View menu.
• Save Pattern preserves comments when writing to an existing file.
• Added tool bar buttons for toggling patterns and scripts.
• Included the latest release of the Life Lexicon.
• Renamed Flip Horizontally/Vertically to Flip Up-Down/Left-Right.
• Fixed disabled menu item bug after closing a modal dialog on Mac OS 10.4.
• Fixed a couple of rule-related bugs in the non-hashing algorithm.
• Fixed crash due to very long rule strings.
• Fixed paste positioning bugs at scale 1:2.
• Fixed error if Win app is closed while script is running.
• Fixed problem if Win app is closed when window(s) minimized.

Changes in version 0.95 (released January 2006)

• Stephen Silver's Life Lexicon has been integrated into the help. Note that clicking on a lexicon pattern loads it into the Golly window.
• Added an Open Recent submenu to the File menu.
• Added Show Patterns and Change Folder to the File menu.
• Added a Preferences dialog to the File menu (app menu on Mac).
• Added more items to the Edit menu: Clear Outside, Shrink Selection, Random Fill, Flip Vertically, Flip Horizontally, Rotate Clockwise and Rotate Anticlockwise.
• The clipboard pattern is displayed when pasting.
• Pasting large, sparse patterns is much faster when using Or mode.
• Added more items to the View menu: Fit Selection, Restore Origin and Set Scale.
• The thumb scroll range is adjustable (via Preferences > View).
• The Reset command now restores the rule, scale, location, step size and hashing option to the values they had at generation 0.
• Removed Max Hash Memory from Control menu (now set in Preferences > Control).
• The Rule dialog lets you select/add/delete named rules. If a rule has a name then it's shown in the main window's title bar.
• Hit control-space to advance the selection, or shift-space to advance everything outside the selection. The generation count will not change.
• The delete key is a shortcut for Clear, or shift-delete for Clear Outside.
• F5 to F9 can be used to set cursor modes.
• Hit "s" to shrink the selection and fit it in the current view.
• Hit "0" to change the origin to the cell under the cursor.
• Hit "9" to restore the true origin.
• Hit "6" to set the scale to 1:16.
• Hit "," to open the Preferences dialog.
• If the help window is in front, hit "+" and "-" to change the font size.
• 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.
• The escape key can no longer be used to stop generating.
• In zoom in/out mode, the right mouse button zooms in the opposite direction.
• The mouse wheel can be used for zooming, regardless of cursor mode.
• Commas are used to make large status bar numbers more readable.
• Fixed a hashing bug that could cause advancing by the wrong step.
• Fixed a bug in Mac app when returning from full screen mode.
• Fixed a bug in Win app that prevented space bar being used to stop generating.
• Fixed Win app's crosshair cursor (now visible on a black background).

Changes in version 0.91 (released October 2005)

• Return key can be used to start/stop generating.
• Space bar can be used to stop generating.
• Win app puts CR+LF in clipboard data.
• Fixed occasional bug when +/- pressed while hashing.

Changes in version 0.9 (released October 2005)

• Implemented pattern saving (as RLE or macrocell format).
• Implemented cell editing and selecting.
• Implemented scrolling via hand cursor.
• Edit menu has a Cursor Mode submenu (items match new tool bar buttons).
• Hit "c" to cycle through all cursors.
• Win app can now read gzipped pattern files.
• Can now display comments in pattern files.
• Added Patterns folder to distribution.
• Toggling the hashing option doesn't change the pattern or generation count.
• The Reset command is smarter about restoring the starting pattern.
• Fixed colored frame after dropping pattern file onto Mac app's main window.
• Fixed horizontal scroll bar problem in Mac app's help window.
• The help window's cursor now gets updated while generating.
• Fixed problem with location of help window in X11 app.
• Added limited clipboard support to X11 app.
• Golly has a new app icon based on Galaxy, a period-8 oscillator.

Changes in version 0.2 (released July 2005)

• Added support for B0 rules.
• Golly comes to the front after dropping a pattern file onto main window.
• The help window can move behind the main window in Win/X11 apps.
• Text in the help window can be selected and copied to the clipboard.
• Fixed keyboard shortcuts in the help window.
• Fixed RLE rule problem in Mac app.
• Fixed menu and tool bar update problems in Mac/Win apps.
• Fixed some cosmetic problems in Win app.

Initial version 0.1 released July 2005