-See config.h for configuration parameters. To build, do the usual:
+To build:
- xmkmf ; make ; make install ; make install.man
+ - read the comments in `config.h' and edit it as appropriate
+ - xmkmf ; make
+ - make install install.man
The xscreensaver program waits until the keyboard and mouse have been idle
for a period, and then runs a graphics demo chosen at random. It turns off
installed: you don't need to recompile this program to add a new display
mode, you just change some resource settings. Any program which can be
invoked in such a way that it draws on the root window of the screen can
-now be used as a screensaver without modification [*]. The programs that
+now be used as a screensaver without modification. The programs that
are being run as screensavers don't need to have any special knowledge
about what it means to be a screensaver.
imsmap - Generates random maps or cloud formations.
hypercube - 2d projection of a hypercube rotating on all four axes.
slidescreen - Divides the screen into a grid and plays a 16-puzzle on it.
+ decayscreen - A melting effect.
halo - Random circular patterns.
pyro - Fireworks. Looks a lot like the version in xlock.
hopalong - Fractals. I snarfed this code from xlock.
+ flame - Fractals. Also from xlock.
noseguy - A guy with a big nose wanders around the screen saying
things. I snarfed this code from xnlock.
maze - This is the X maze demo modified to take a -root option
kaleid -root - qix-like kaleidescope patterns
xfishtank -c black -d -r 1 - fish (use version 2.0 or later)
-You can get all of these from export.lcs.mit.edu. If you know of (or write)
-any other interesting programs that can be used as screensavers, please let
-me know!
+You can get all of these from the contrib directory on ftp.x.org. If you
+know of (or write) any other interesting programs that can be used as
+screensavers, please let me know!
+
+This program should be updated to take advantage of the new R6 `screensaver'
+server extension instead of XIdle. I didn't have time to do this before the
+deadline for the R6 contrib tape, but by the time you read this, maybe it's
+done - check a later release.
+
+The latest version of xscreensaver is on LUCID.COM and FTP.X.ORG.
-- Jamie Zawinski <jwz@lucid.com>
-[*] It may be necessary to include "vroot.h" in the program, but that would
-be necessary for it to work with virtual-root window managers anyway.
+\f
+Changes since 1.21: Minor tweaks for X11R6.
+ Fixes for non-default visuals.
+Changes since 1.20: Fixed bug in color blitspin; added default image.
+ Added diagnostics to noseguy. Fixed off-by-one
+ error in flame. Added some missing casts.
+Changes since 1.18: Added `flame' hack.
+ Fixed a minor Motif dialog text field bug.
+ Fixed yet another XPointer-not-defined-in-R4 bug.
+Changes since 1.17: Added support for shadow password files.
+ Fixed some Motif-related locking bugs.
+ Added diagnostics when locking is disabled.
+ Made blitspin able to use the XPM library.
+ Added `decayscreen' hack.
+Changes since 1.16: Added `halo' hack.
+Changes since 1.15: Portability fixes.
+Changes since 1.14: Broke the driver up into more source files.
+ Moved the hacks into their own directory.
+ Made all `time' parameters accept the 00:00:00 syntax,
+ so that even the parameters which are normally read as
+ `minutes' can be specified in seconds.
+ Added colormap cycling to `imsmap'.
+ Made hyper work with K&R compilers.
+Changes since 1.13: Added `orbit' option to `attraction' hack.
+ Added `lock-timeout' option.
+ Cleaned up options of `maze' hack.
+Changes since 1.8: Added demo mode, and locking.
+ Added `maze' hack.
+ Added `norotate' option to `rocks' hack.
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