X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=98179791e736906824543f9e5b15a7cdc5065aec;hb=7b34ef992563d7bcbb64cc5597dc45fa24470b05;hp=64011bb30dbabd1b3de020490a7d0cea236f2874;hpb=49f5b54f312fe4ac2e9bc47581a72451bd0e8439;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/README b/README index 64011bb3..98179791 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ To compile on a Unix system with X11: To compile on MacOS X: - Use the included XCode project. Requires XCode 2.2 and MacOS X 10.4.0 + Use the included XCode project. Requires XCode 2.4 and MacOS X 10.4.0 or newer. Interested in writing a new screen saver? @@ -38,6 +38,106 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! =============================================================================== +Changes since 5.07: * New hack, `photopile'. + * Rewrote `sonar' and `jigsaw' as OpenGL programs. + * Minor tweaks to `maze', `m6502', `hypnowheel', and + `timetunnel'. + * Savers that load images now obey EXIF rotation tags. + * Arrgh, more RANDR noise! Fixes this time for rotated + screens, and for systems where RANDR lies and says the + screen size is 0x0. + * When the password dialog has timed out or been + cancelled, don't pop it right back up a second time. + * Password timeouts/cancels don't count as + "failed logins". + * Retired some of the older, less interesting savers: + say goodbye to `bubbles', `critical', `flag', `forest', + `glforestfire', `lmorph', `laser', `lightning', `lisa', + `lissie', `rotor', `sphere', `spiral', `t3d', `vines', + `whirlygig', and `worm'. + * Merged `munch' and `mismunch'. + * Updated `webcollage' to use twitpics.com as well. +Changes since 5.06: * Xinerama/RANDR tweaks for old-style multi-screen. + * Added bumpy skin and cel shading to `skytentacles'. + * `flipflop' can load images onto the tiles. + * Fixed the bouncing ball in `stairs'. + * Added the missing Utah Teapotahedron to `polyhedra'. + * `blitspin' works with color images on OSX now. + * Added transparency to `stonerview'. + * Improved layout of the preferences dialogs: they + should all now be usable even on ridiculously tiny + laptop screens. + * MacOS preferences text fields now prevent you from + entering numbers that are out of range. + * Added "Reset to Defaults" button on X11. + * Added relevant Wikipedia links to many of the screen + saver descriptions. + * All hacks support the `-fps' option, not just GL ones. + * The `-fps' option now shows CPU load. +Changes since 5.05: * Xinerama/RANDR fixes: this time for sure. It should + now work to add/remove monitors or resize screens at + any time. + * New hack, `skytentacles'. + * New version of `gleidescope'. + * Added the `-log' option to the xscreensaver daemon, + since a truly shocking number of Linux users seem to + have no idea how to redirect output to a file. + * Added `-duration' arg to most image-loading hacks, + so that they pick a new image every few minutes. + * Added an ATM crash to BSOD. +Changes since 5.04: * New hacks, `cubicgrid', `hypnowheel', and + `lcdscrub' (which isn't really a screen saver). + * Updates to `m6502' and `gears'. + * Fixed double-buffering problems in `cubestorm' and + `noof'. + * Better handling of horizontal scroll wheels. + * Attempt to work around latest Xinerama braindamage: + if the server reports overlapping screens, use the + largest non-overlapping rectangles available. + * Don't warning about receipt of bogus ClientMessages, + since Gnome's just never going to stop sending those. + * Worked around MacOS 10.5 perl bug that caused the + text-displaying hacks to fail on some systems. + * Hopefully fixed font-related System Preferences crashes + in MacOS savers. + * The recent PAM changes broke the "Caps Lock" warning + in the password dialog, the failed login warnings, and + syslogging. Fixed all that. +Changes since 5.03: * Fixed a possible crash in the unlock dialog (more + fallout from the recent PAM changes...) + * New hacks, `moebiusgears', `abstractile', and + `lockward'. + * Rewrote `gears' to use better (involute) gear models, + and to be more random. + * Minor updates to `cwaves', `voronoi', `deco', + `glcells', `rd-bomb', `fireworkx' and `webcollage'. + * `pong' can now display the current time as the score. + * `xmatrix -mode pipe' works better. + * Minor tweaks for compilation on MacOS 10.5.0. +Changes since 5.02: * New hacks, `cwaves', `glcells', `m6502', and `voronoi'. + * Minor fixes to `bsod'. + * Fixed possible crash with PAM USB-dongle auth. + * Updated `webcollage' to track recent Google Images + and Flickr changes. +Changes since 5.01: * Reworked PAM code to support fingerprint readers, etc. + * Ported 'webcollage' to OSX. + * Added OSX 10.2 and 10.3 kernel panics to `bsod'. + * Fixed a Xinerama crash when changing the screen count. + * New blobbier `mirrorblob'. + * Minor updates to `lisa', `bsod', `ifs', `hypertorus', + `polytopes', `circuit', `endgame', `crackberg', + `flipflop', `flipscreen3d', `fliptext', and `carousel'. + * Enabled multi-threaded OpenGL on OSX. +Changes since 5.00: * Backed out recent locale-related changes, since they + broke far more things than they fixed. + * Fail gracefully with ridiculously small window sizes. + * `xflame' and `flag' ignore bitmap option on MacOS. + * `speedmine' prefs work on MacOS. + * Better explosions in `boxed'. + * More dynamic motion in `sproingies'. + * More options in `flipflop'. + * Minor updates to `topblock'. + * Various other minor fixes. Changes since 4.24: * Ported to MacOS X! (10.4.0 or newer) * API change: instead of providing a single screenhack() function that does not return, screen savers using the