choices, or to specify things like the default installation directory.
The file `INSTALL' gives a general overview of use of these sorts of
configure scripts (those generated by the GNU autoconf system.)
-The most important hint is probably this:
+
+If you have libraries in non-standard places, you can specify their
+locations with options like this:
./configure --with-motif=/opt/Motif --with-xpm=/usr/local
+On MacOS X, it is strongly recommended that you install Fink first
+(http://fink.sourceforge.net/). With Fink installed, you probably want
+to pass --prefix=/sw to configure.
+
To build on VMS, see README.VMS.
If you think you've found a bug, please let me know! No bug report is too
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 150 such programs are included. For details, see the
+More than 200 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
============
+Changes since 4.22: * New hacks, `glhanoi', `cube21', `timetunnel',
+ `juggler3d', and `celtic'.
+ * New versions of `tangram', `webcollage', `hypertorus',
+ `polytopes', and `ripples'.
+ * `sonar' is now quiet about unresolvable hosts.
+ * Minor corrections to BASIC code in `apple2'.
+ * xscreensaver-demo now provides an RPM clue when none
+ of the hacks seem to be installed.
+ * Don't install `ant' by default, since there is some
+ Java tool of that name, which was causing confusion.
+ And also it's boring.
+ * Made screen grabbing work again on MacOS 10.4.2.
+ * No longer prints bogus warnings about ClientMessages
+ intended for the window manager.
+ * Ignore unprintable characters in passwd entry field.
+ * Fixed yet another cross-host-display image-loading
+ endian problem.
+ * `xscreensaver-command -watch' and `-time' now work
+ on 64-bit machines.
+Changes since 4.21: * Fixed a bug in the new mouse-motion code that caused
+ the screen to never blank on multi-head non-Xinerama
+ systems. Oops.
+ * New hacks, `interaggregate', `antmaze', `tangram',
+ and `crackberg'.
+ * Minor tweaks to `fiberlamp', `ifs', `slidescreen',
+ `zoom', `sonar', `fireworkx', `whirlwindwarp',
+ `bubble3d', and `rd-bomb'.
+ * Added motion blur to `blinkbox'.
+ * `bsod' now includes Longhorn's "RSOD", and OS/2.
+ * Fixed `-wireframe' usage in most hacks and man pages.
+Changes since 4.20: * New hack: `fliptext'.
+ * Changed default configure installation directories:
+ /usr/bin/ for xscreensaver, etc.;
+ /usr/libexec/xscreensaver/ for hacks;
+ /usr/share/xscreensaver/config/ for xml files.
+ * All the text-manipulating screen savers can have their
+ text source configured via `xscreensaver-demo' now.
+ * xscreensaver.spec now builds three RPMs:
+ base (no hacks); extras (2d hacks); and gl-extras.
+ * Added `-program' and `-front' option to `gltext'.
+ * Added `-shells' to `molecule'.
+ * Fixed text-alpha glitch in `carousel'.
+ * New `pacman': the ghosts can be killed now.
+ * Fixed a bug in screen-grabbing GL hacks where images
+ would be tiled instead of scaled on machines that
+ can't do large textures.
+ * `webcollage' can hit Flickr now.
+ * New (rewritten) implementation of `ifs'.
+ * The unlock dialog can be made to have a "New Login"
+ button that will run `gdmflexiserver'. Experimental!
+ * Fixed non-ASCII display bug in `starwars'.
+ * Configure finds a default for imageDirectory.
+ * "xscreensaver-command -lock" now works even if
+ in "screensaver disabled" mode.
+ * If a bad password is typed while CapsLock is on, the
+ unlock dialog says "CapsLock?" instead of "Sorry".
+ * Mouse motion only counts as activity if the mouse moved
+ more than 10 pixels (so the screen won't unblank every
+ time you bump your desk.)
+ * New mode option "random-same": if you have multiple
+ monitors, this will run the *same* randomly chosen
+ hack on each screen, instead of different ones on each.
+Changes since 4.19: * New hacks, `fiberlamp', `boing', `boxfit', and
+ `carousel'.
+ * Rewrote `glslideshow' again: should be faster now.
+ * Sped up loading of images in GL programs.
+ * `starwars' uses texture-mapped fonts now.
+ * New `bsod' modes: tru64, hppa, and nvidia.
+ * Updates to `webcollage', `juggle', `pinion',
+ `fireworkx', `sonar', `extrusion', `substrate', and
+ `pong'.
+Changes since 4.18: * New hacks, `substrate', `intermomentary', `fireworkx',
+ and `pinion'.
+ * New version of `flow'.
+ * Made /proc/interrupts work again on Linux 2.6.
+ * Made `analogtv' not hog the CPU.
+ * Made analogtv-based hacks work properly on PPC/ARM.
+ * Fixed a bad memory leak in `piecewise'.
+ * Minor updates to `sonar', `molecule', `glmatrix',
+ `galaxy', and `webcollage'.
+ * Removed support for GTK 1.x (everyone uses 2.x now.)
+Changes since 4.17: * Oops, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
+Changes since 4.16: * New hacks, `anemotaxis' and `memscroller'.
+ * Fixed a bad bug that caused `vidwhacker' to never die.
+ * Fixed normals and lighting in `polyhedra'.
+ * Don't reuse the window when changing hacks (to work
+ around bugs in some GL implementations.)
+ * Made `xscreensaver-getimage-file' skip thumbnail-sized
+ images.
+ * Fixed endian problem in `barcode' on non-x86.
+ * Updates to `webcollage', `apple2', `fuzzyflakes',
+ `atunnel', and `pacman'.
+ * Timing tweaks to `bubble3d', `bouncingcow', `engine',
+ `gltext', `lavalite', `molecule', `spotlight',
+ `sballs', `boxed', `blinkbox', and `circuit'.
+ * Configure updates for Fedora core 2 / xorg 6.7.0.
+ * Compile without warnings under gcc 3.3.3.
+ * I give up: don't blank or lock the screen if we can't
+ get a keyboard grab. In that case, both choices are
+ bad.
+Changes since 4.15: * New hacks, `polyhedra', `fuzzyflakes', `antinspect',
+ and `providence'.
+ * Minor updates to `webcollage', `bsod', `endgame',
+ `antspotlight', `xmatrix', and `glmatrix'.
+ * Added support for the RANDR (Resize and Rotate)
+ extension to detect when the size of the desktop has
+ been changed while xscreensaver is already running.
+ * Possibly-futile attempt to work around "rdesktop"
+ focus/grab idiocy.
+ * Made `xscreensaver-getimage -file' still work even if
+ imageDirectory is unset.
+ * Convert Latin1 to ASCII in `starwars' and `phosphor'
+ (since the GLUT font only has ASCII glyphs.)
+ * Fixed randomization in `noof'.
+ * Added "GetViewPortIsFullOfLies" preference to work
+ around longstanding XFree86 bug #421.
+ * Made `sonar' subnet pinging work properly on bigendian
+ machines (e.g., PPC.)
+Changes since 4.14: * New hacks, `wormhole', `mismunch', `noof', and
+ `pacman'.
+ * `phosphor' and `apple2' include vt100 emulators now:
+ this means you can do "phosphor -program top", or
+ can use either program as an xterm replacement:
+ "apple2 -text -fast -program 'xemacs -nw'".
+ * `analogtv' (and related) fill the screen better.
+ * The '-gradient' option works in `atlantis' now.
+ * Minor updates to `blinkbox', `queens', `endgame',
+ `glmatrix', `mirrorblob', `blocktube', and `molecule'.
+ * Integrated SuSE's "external passwd helper" support.
+ * Marginally better /tmp handling in various programs.
+ * Updated config defaults for xplanet 1.0.3.
+ * Portability fixes.
+Changes since 4.13: * New hacks, `fontglide', `apple2', `xanalogtv', `pong',
+ `gleidescope', `mirrorblob', and `blinkbox'.
+ * New version of `glsnake' (with many more models.)
+ * Another Windows crash in `bsod'; also HVX/GCOS6/TPS6.
+ * New version of `endgame'.
+ * Screen grabbing works on MacOS X.
+ * Various minor fixes.
+Changes since 4.12: * On Xinerama systems, xscreensaver now runs one hack on
+ each monitor (just like in "real" multi-head mode)
+ instead of running one hack stretching across all the
+ screens. Note that for this to work with any 3rd party
+ screensavers, they must update their "vroot.h" file.
+ * `webcollage' and `vidwhacker' display images using
+ `xscreensaver-getimage' now.
+ * Added `ljlatest' script for use with `starwars' and
+ `phosphor'.
+Changes since 4.11: * New GL hacks, `flipflop', `antspotlight', and
+ `polytopes'.
+ * Added VMS to `bsod'.
+ * Compile without warnings in "gcc -pedantic".
+ * Updates to `webcollage' and `queens'.
+ * Fixed a bug that could cause PAM to hang.
+Changes since 4.10: * New hacks, `hypertorus', `cubestorm', `glknots',
+ `blocktube', and `glmatrix'.
+ * Updates to `cloudlife', `engine', `xmatrix', and
+ `sonar'.
+ * Rewrote `glslideshow': it should work on somewhat
+ wimpier video cards now.
+ * Various portability tweaks.
+Changes since 4.09: * New hacks, `cloudlife' and `klein'.
+ * Added Apple ][+, HPUX, and OS/390 sessions to BSOD.
+ * Added some Matrix Reloaded text to `xmatrix'.
+ * Updates to `webcollage', `eruption', `jigglypuff',
+ `metaballs', and `endgame'.
+ * Completely ignore the `memoryLimit' setting now,
+ since it was still causing people GL grief.
+ * Various minor fixes.
+Changes since 4.08: * New hacks, `flyingtoasters', `bouncingcow',
+ `jigglypuff', and `glslideshow'.
+ * More models in `engine'.
+ * Rewrote `xscreensaver-getimage' to remove reliance on
+ external image loaders (xv, chbg, xloadimage, etc.)
+ and to reduce flicker when loading files.
+ * Made `gflux' and `flipscreen3d' be mouse-spinnable.
+Changes since 4.07: * New hacks, `atunnels' and `piecewise'.
+ * Physics improvement in `fluidballs'.
+ * Various fixes for XDarwin systems (X11 on MacOS X.)
+ * Added -clock option to `barcode'.
+ * Minor fixes to `endgame', `flurry', `flipscreen3d',
+ and `gflux'.
Changes since 4.06: * New hacks, `flurry', `metaballs', `eruption',
`popsquares', and `barcode'.
* Minor updates to `maze' for high density mazes.
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