This is an implementation of Conway's Game of Life for the terminal.
usage: gol.py [-h] [-w ROWS COLUMNS] [-p] [-s {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}] [-n] [-l FILE]
Conway's Game of Life.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-w ROWS COLUMNS, --winsize ROWS COLUMNS
number of rows and columns in display
-p, --play autoplay on start
-s {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, --speed {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}
autoplay speed
-n, --nowrap do not wrap the game of life world
-l FILE, --load FILE load file
For example, run gol.py --winsize 50 80 for a terminal window with 50 lines and 80 columns.
Run gol.py -w 20 52 -l conway.gol -ps 1 to get a window with 20 lines and 52 columns, load conway.gol, and start playing with speed 1.
Run gol.py -w 32 100 -l gosper.gol -nps5 to get the Gosper glider gun playing with speed 5, without the wraparound effect
(which would otherwise cause the gliders to destroy the gun).
This program supports editing cells (using the keyboard), autoplay at different speeds, as well as saving and loading files.
Press ? to get a complete list of commands.