## Help Tab

The Help tab behaves like a simplified browser and is used to display HTML 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 modal view.
- get: url
  Download the specified file and process it according to its type:
  - A HTML file (.htm or .html) is displayed in the Help tab. 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 modal view.
  - A zip file's contents are displayed in the Help tab.
  - A rule file (.rule) is installed into Documents/Rules/ and Golly then switches to the corresponding rule.
  - A pattern file is loaded and displayed in the Pattern tab.
- lexpatt: pattern
  Load the given Life Lexicon pattern and display it in the Pattern tab.
- open: file
  Load the given pattern and display it in the Pattern tab.
- rule: rulename
  Load the given rule and switch to the Pattern tab.
- 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 tab.