X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=9bcbcd6f27c837be6f0dabe28f44c381ebae7170;hb=82c5080773aae5e72ec155327c075775e023d2ee;hp=9fe342bd2c8365e3e2274bb3b32ceab874531beb;hpb=5832fe184606766fef23369159306c0a5799aeb0;p=xscreensaver diff --git a/README b/README index 9fe342bd..9bcbcd6f 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ The most important hint is probably this: To build on VMS, see README.VMS. -If you are upgrading, you might want to delete your ~/.xscreensaver file. -If you don't, you might not see the new graphics modes. If you are upgrading -from version 2.* to version 3.*, definitely do delete your .xscreensaver file. +If you are upgrading from version 2.* to version 3.*, be sure to delete +your ~/.xscreensaver file first, if you have one. If you think you've found a bug, please let me know! No bug report is too small. But first, please read the enclosed `README.debugging' file to find @@ -38,14 +37,11 @@ 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! @@ -67,16 +63,173 @@ 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 100 such programs are included. For details, see the xscreensaver -web page, or the enclosed manual pages. There are also some helpful hints -on customization in the xscreensaver app-defaults file (normally installed -in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XScreenSaver.) +More than 120 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/. ============ +Changes since 3.30: * Put in more sensible defaults for DPMS, and updated + the documentation to reflect the fact that all your + DPMS settings are now belong to xscreensaver. + * Fixed the `xscreensaver.spec' file so that `--force' + 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'. + * New version of `gflux'. + * Made `gltext' able to display the current time. + * Fixed a floating-point-precision problem in `gltext' + that sometimes caused horizontal lines to vanish. + * Removed the `-window-id' option from the hacks: + it never worked right, and was unnecessary. + * Made the `starwars' hack use thicker lines, antialias + the text, and fade out at the far edge instead of just + dropping off. + * Fixed an SHM segment leak in `moire'. +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' + when available (in addition to `xli' and `xv'.) + * Improved memory usage in `petri' and gave it a hard + cap on how much memory it can allocate. + * Added `-watch' option to `xscreensaver-command'. + * Made `xscreensaver-demo' come up with the + most-recently-run hack selected by default. + * Rewrote the Gtk version of `xscreensaver-demo'. + It's a lot easier to use now. + * Extended the format of the programs list in the + .xscreensaver file, for the benefit of the new + capabilities of `xscreensaver-demo'. + NOTE: you might want to delete your ~/.xscreensaver + file and allow it to be re-created! The old one + should still work, but xscreensaver-demo won't be as + pretty. +Changes since 3.18: * Fixed gcc dependencies in `bumps' and `ccurve'. + * New hack, `extrusion'. + * Some of the web sites that `webcollage' was using as + its sources changed formats; tweaked it to understand + the current layouts. + * Added typeahead in the password dialog: if the screen + is locked, and you unlock it by typing a character, + that key will be automatically inserted in the + password dialog (unless it is Return, Enter, Space, + or a non-printing key like Shift.) + * Made `xmatrix' take a `-small' option, since some + folks with tiny screens prefer a smaller font. Changes since 3.17: * New versions of `shadebobs', `lmorph', and `distort'. * Added `ccurve', `blaster', and `bumps' hacks. * Replaced `forest' hack with a rewritten version.