X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=97da26dc4aca646fc24448ecaca2fcb64232c399;hb=3d9140a05b5272fed0883a0af0a71e30ef44d47f;hp=374d7694a2864c3ebe80ae6c4ad47fd374278ffe;hpb=72c1f4c1dc6ab07fe121a327ff1c30bf51ef74c1;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/README b/README index 374d7694..97da26dc 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -38,14 +38,11 @@ Getting Started: You can try out xscreensaver like so: xscreensaver & - xscreensaver-command -demo - -After a few seconds, the screen should go black, and a dialog box should -appear in the upper right corner. This is "Demo Mode". + xscreensaver-demo Note: unlike `xlock', xscreensaver has a client-server model: the `xscreensaver' process is a daemon that runs in the background; it is -controlled by the foreground `xscreensaver-command' program. +controlled by the foreground `xscreensaver-demo' program. xscreensaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! @@ -77,7 +74,117 @@ http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/. ============ -Changes since 3.19: * Added new hack `ripples' and `sierpinski3d'. +Changes since 3.28: * Better rendering of the new logo. + * New hack, `gltext'. + * Added `-planetary' option to `gears', to draw a + different kind of gear system. + * Made motion and rotation be smoother in `gears', + `glplanet', `moebius', `rubik', and `sierpinski3d'. + * Improved coloration in `sierpinski3d'. + * Made the GL hacks react to window size changes. + * Made most of the GL hacks take a -fps option (like + `pulsar' did), so you can use them to benchmark your + 3D hardware. + * Fixed the previous fix to `sonar'. + * Minor fix to `nerverot'. + Made sonar able to ping hosts on DEC OSF1. + * Eliminated a bogus "didn't get enough colors" warning + in some of the hacks. +Changes since 3.27: * New logo for xscreensaver! + * New hacks, `starwars' and `stonerview'. + * Made the motion of the bouncing ball in `stairs' be a + little less jerky. + * Made newly-added screenhacks be added to .xscreensaver + automatically: if there are hacks in the app-defaults + file that are not also in ~/.xscreensaver, they will + be added to the end of the list. + * Redid the `Screensaver Options' part of the control + panel; xscreensaver now lets you configure your DPMS + settings. + * Fixed some Makefile problems with non-GL builds. + * Fixed detection of MesaGL for version 3.3. + * Better workaround to Red Hat 7.0's broken gcc. + * Added Sparc Solaris kernel panic to `bsod'. +Changes since 3.26: * New hacks: `zoom' and `whirlwindwarp'. + * Fixed a free-memory-reference bug in `sonar'. + * Better error handling when there are no suitable GL + visuals. + * Added diagnostic dialog when xscreensaver-demo is + unable to launch xscreensaver (e.g., when running as + root.) + * Fixed a bug that caused screenhack argument changes + to be ignored when xscreensaver-demo was running as + root (if "root" and "nobody" have different home + directories.) + * Made the programs default to ":0" if $DISPLAY is unset. + * Made the `-verbose' output include information about + which server extensions were supported at compile time. + * Worked around Red Hat 7.0's broken gcc 2.96. + * Updated default delays on the GL hacks to look better + on machines with super-fast 3D hardware. + * Install `screensaver-properties-capplet' to work around + the usual egregious GNOME lossage. +Changes since 3.25: * Added "enabled" checkboxes in the list of hacks in + xscreensaver-demo (Gtk version only.) + * New hacks `hyperball', `xrayswarm', and `gflux'. + * New versions of `nerverot', `galaxy', and `hypercube'. + * Small fixes to `phosphor', `shadebobs', `xflame', + and `sonar'. + * Added external helper program `xscreensaver-gl-helper' + to figure out which X visual to use for OpenGL + programs. + * Configure updates for XFree86 4.0, and for BSD. + * Made it be more tolerant of bogus /etc/group files. + * When installing the PAM config file, first try to just + copy an existing "xdm" or "login" config file, so that + xscreensaver does authentication in the same way as the + rest of the system. +Changes since 3.24: * New hack, `nerverot'. + * Added BSD kernel panic to `bsod'. + * New version of `shadebobs'. + * New version of `petri'. + * Updated `webcollage' to handle recent Altavista URL + format changes; made it search the AP photo gallery. + * Revamped command-line options of `sonar' and made it + properly handle subnets. + * The `bubbles' hack can now trickle up or down the + screen. + * The `xsublim' hack can now read its text from programs. + * Support for GLE version 3 in `extrusion'. + * Fixed compilation problems in `maze'. + * Fixed a rare crash in `flow'. + * Fixes for minor installation problems. +Changes since 3.23: * Added `-ignorant' option to `maze' hack. + * Updates to `critical', `bsod', `xflame', and `flow'. + * Added support for Kerberos 5 (via its Kerberos 4 + compatibility layer.) + * Fixed a bad leak in `xteevee'. + * Updated `webcollage' to handle recent Altavista URL + format changes. + * Removed xscreensaver-demo's `Ok' and `Cancel' buttons, + since they were confusing people: all changes are now + instantanious. + * Made xscreensaver-demo install itself into the Gnome + Control Center. +Changes since 3.22: * Fixed some misplaced text fields in the Motif version + of xscreensaver-demo; fixed a crash in the Gtk version + that would happen if the programs list was empty. + * Fixed a recently-introduced bug in `pulsar'. + * Made `sierpinski3d' use solid tetrahedrons instead of + points. + * Added `-trace' option to `xmatrix'. + * Added new hacks `xteevee' and `xspirograph'. +Changes since 3.21: * Fixed some bugs in xscreensaver-demo. + * Rewrote the Motif version of xscreensaver-demo to + match the new Gtk version. + * The Athena toolkit is no longer supported. +Changes since 3.20: * Tweaked the xscreensaver-demo UI (Gtk only.) + * Fixed a few visual selection bugs. I think the proper + GL visual should be used with nVidia systems now. + * Made the Makefiles obey $install_prefix. + * Made the `xscreensaver.spec' file able to generate both + GL and non-GL packages simultaneously. +Changes since 3.19: * Added new hacks `ripples' and `sierpinski3d'. * Made `xscreensaver-command -exit' be silent when no screen saver was running (instead of complaining.) * Made `webcollage' and `vidwhacker' use `xloadimage'