## Help Dialog

The Help dialog is used to display information on a variety of topics.

Special links

A number of Golly-specific links are used for various purposes:

- edit:file
  Display the given file in a separate dialog.
- get:url
  Download the specified file and process it according to its type:
  - A HTML file (.htm or .html) is displayed in the Help dialog. Note that this HTML file can contain get links with partial URLs. For a good example of their use, see the LifeWiki Pattern Archive.
  - A text file (.txt or .doc or a name containing "readme") is displayed in a separate dialog.
  - A zip file's contents are displayed in the Help dialog.
  - A rule file (.rule) is installed and Golly then switches to that rule.
  - A pattern file is loaded and displayed.
- lexpatt:pattern
  Load the given Life Lexicon pattern and display it.
- open:file
  Load the given pattern file and display it.
- rule:rulename
  Load the given rule.
- unzip:zip:file
  Extract a file from the given zip file and process it in the same manner as a get link (see above). Golly creates unzip links when it opens a zip file and displays its contents in the Help dialog.