X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=811c4a3196af60e9eed21ef6719c31c82a8bb5d4;hb=13dbc569cdc6e29019722c0ef9b932a925efbcad;hp=d9d3abf467de7c591f312bbedcc4a0731814b284;hpb=8eb2873d7054e705c4e83f22d18c40946a9e2529;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/README b/README index d9d3abf4..811c4a31 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -57,18 +57,99 @@ there's no need to recompile or reinstall anything. ============ Along with the xscreensaver daemon itself, this package also includes -numerous graphics hacks for use as screensavers. There is nothing magic -about these: they are just programs that draw on the root window. - -More than 120 such programs are included. For details, see the xscreensaver -web page, or the enclosed manual pages. +numerous graphics hacks for use as screensavers. There is nothing +magic about these: they are just programs that draw on the root window. +More than 140 such programs are included. For details, see the +xscreensaver web page, or the enclosed manual pages. The latest version of xscreensaver is always available on the web at http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/. +Looking for tips on writing your own screensavers? There is an entry in +the XScreenSaver FAQ about that: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html + ============ -Changes since 3.34: * Redesigned `xscreensaver-demo' GUI. +Changes since 4.03: * Support for GTK 2.x / GNOME 2.x. + * The `configure' script will now use `pkg-config' if + you have it, in preference to `gtk-config', etc. + * New hacks, `lavalite', `queens', and `anemone'. + * Minor updates to `spheremonics', `gltext', `xmatrix'. + * You can use the mouse to manually spin most of the GL + hacks now (when they are displaying in a window.) + * Fixed a bug in `webcollage' (due to recent Alta Vista + url changes) that was causing it to try and load + incorrect image URLs. + * Made `xscreensaver-getimage' use gdk_pixbuf if it is + available: this means that those hacks that load images + will no longer rely on "xv", "xloadimage", etc. This + will close a race condition that could sometimes cause + your desktop background to be changed; and also makes + it possible for those programs to operate on image + files when running in non-root mode. + * `webcollage' can now be used in conjunction with + `driftnet' to display images snooped from your local + ethernet instead of obtained from search engines. + * Added man pages for all the hacks that didn't have + them. +Changes since 4.02: * New hack, `spheremonics'. + * Minor updates to `webcollage', `cage', `moebius', + `morph3d', `boxed', `circuit', and `helix'. + * `pulsar' and `extrusion' can now load texture JPEGs. + * `rubik' now does non-square cubes. + * `fluidballs' now does various sizes of balls. + * `menger' and `sierpinski3d' now also show polygon + counts in -fps mode. + * `molecule' displays real subscripts in the formulae. + * GTK internationalization/localization support. + * Better detection of the various versions of libxml. + * Upgraded to autoconf 2.53 (from 2.13.) +Changes since 4.01: * Plugged a few minor leaks in `xscreensaver' and + `xscreensaver-demo'. + * New hacks, `cubenetic' and `fluidballs'. + * Sped up `pipes'. + * Fixed sphere projection error in `glplanet'; installed + a better image of earth. + * Added Win2K and MacOS 1 crashes to `bsod'. + * Put back previous (better) version of `forest' that + was accidentially downgraded in the last release. + * New version of `bumps'. + * Made FPS computation in GL hacks more efficient: it + will influence the results less, thus resulting in + higher (but more accurate) reported frame rates. +Changes since 4.00: * New hacks: `twang', `glsnake', `boxed', `sballs', + and `glforestfire'. + * New hacks `apollonian', `euler2d', `juggle', + `polyominoes' and `thornbird', from xlockmore. + * Merged recent xlockmore changes into `ant', `braid', + `demon', `discrete', `drift', `fadeplot', `forest', + `grav', `hopalong', `ifs', `laser', `lightning', + `lisa', `lissie', `loop', `mountain', `penrose', + `rotor', `sierpinski', `slip', `sphere', `spiral', + `strange', and `vines'. + * Fixed the `gltext' bug that sometimes caused + horizontal lines to vanish again. This time for sure. + * Sped up `webcollage' by adding a C helper program to + replace the PPM pipeline. It also pastes images + semi-transparently now. + * Added support for the gdk_pixbuf library: if this lib + is available, then `blitspin', `xflame', and `flag' + can load GIF, JPEG, and PNG images in addition to XPM + and XBM. + * Fixed a rare race condition where the desktop-grabbing + hacks could sometimes leave the screen wedged, if the + user moved the mouse exactly when they were grabbing + the screen image (it would un-wedge the next time the + saver timed out or was activated.) + * Fixed incorrect colors in the screen-grabbing GL hacks + (`gflux' and `flipscreen3d'.) + * Made SIGHUP restart the daemon process (though using + `xscreensaver-command -restart' is still the preferred + way.) + * Tweaks to `xspirograph'. + * Minor configure and portability tweaks. +Changes since 3.34: * Redesigned `xscreensaver-demo' GUI: it now includes + small-preview and per-hack configuration dialogs. * Added three new modes of operation: `One Screen Saver', `Blank Screen', and `Don't Blank' (in addition to the historical `Random Screen Saver'). @@ -173,7 +254,7 @@ Changes since 3.30: * Put in more sensible defaults for DPMS, and updated is no longer needed. * New versions of `rotzoomer' and `nerverot'. * Fixed an OSF/1 compilation problem in `molecule'. -Changes since 3.29: * New hacks, `molecule' `dangerball', and `rotzoomer'. +Changes since 3.29: * New hacks, `molecule', `dangerball', and `rotzoomer'. * New version of `gflux'. * Made `gltext' able to display the current time. * Fixed a floating-point-precision problem in `gltext'