Conway's Game of Life File Converter

A blazingly-fast Rust-based tool to convert between plaintext (.cells) and Run-Length Encoded (RLE) formats for Conway's Game of Life patterns.

Features

• Convert between .cells (plaintext) and .rle formats.
• Automatic format detection for input files, regardless of file extension

Installation

Prerequisites

• Rust and Cargo

Build from Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/LuMarans30/rletxtconv.git && cd rletxtconv
   

2. Build the project:

   cargo build --release
   

The binary will be located at target/release/rletxtconv.

Pre-built binaries

Alternatively, you can find the binaries in the releases page.

Usage

Convert a file to the RLE format:

rletxtconv --input input.cells --output output.rle

Force overwrite if the output file exists:

rletxtconv --input input.rle --output output.cells --force