Scorbie wrote:If I write a Python library (with similar features) that calls the gollybase C code, would writing Python scripts with that library be substantially slower than running Python scripts in Golly?
Should be a little bit faster given that there's no GUI stuff to worry about. But if you want speed then forget Python and write everything in C/C++. Have a look at calcyman's code for apgnano.
I simply want to let Golly open the "rle.gz" files downloaded from conwaylife.
Yep, no way to do that at the moment. I could add a new button somewhere that would let you enter an arbitrary URL so you could download any pattern/rule. I'll add the idea to my TODO file. But I'm a bit mystified why you'd want to load such files into Android/iOS Golly if you've got the option of using desktop Golly.