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@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ now be used as a screensaver without modification.  The programs that
 are being run as screensavers don't need to have any special knowledge
 about what it means to be a screensaver.
 
-The XIDLE or MIT-SCREEN-SAVER server extensions will be used if you have them.
+The XIDLE, MIT-SCREEN-SAVER, and/or SGI SCREEN_SAVER server extensions
+will be used if you have them.
 
 Unfortunately, locking doesn't work if you don't have Motif.
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ window, which are pointed at by the screensaver's default resource settings.
    maze                - This is the X maze demo modified to take a -root option
                  so that it works with xscreensaver.
    lmorph      - morphing line drawings.
+   bubbles     - condensation forms on your monitor, then pops.
 
 All of these will pop up their own window unless given that -root option.
 See their man pages for more details.
@@ -67,11 +69,12 @@ Other reasonable things to use as screensavers, if you have them, are
   xswarm -r 2>&-               - swimming sperm
   xwave -root                  - random 3d graphs
   xbouncebits                  - bounce arbitrary bitmaps around
-  ico -r                       - it's dull, but it's there
+  ico -r -p8 -faces -sleep 1   - it's dull, but it's there
   xv -root file.gif -quit      - they don't all have to animate!
   xsplinefun                   - bouncing splines
   kaleid -root                 - qix-like kaleidescope patterns
   xfishtank -c black -d -r 1   - fish (use version 2.0 or later)
+  xtacy -root                  - various eye candy
 
 You can get all of these from the contrib directory on ftp.x.org.  If you
 know of (or write) any other interesting programs that can be used as
@@ -83,6 +86,10 @@ also get it from my web page at http://www.netscape.com/people/jwz/.
        -- Jamie Zawinski <jwz@netscape.com>
 
 \f
+Changes since 1.26:    Added support for SGI SCREEN_SAVER extension.
+                       Made `fade' and `unfade' work on 8-bit SGIs.
+                       Made the dialog boxes more Motify.
+                       Added `bubbles' hack.
 Changes since 1.25:    Added `lmorph' hack.
                        Added viscosity and mouse-control to attraction.
                        Fixed possible bad color choices in qix and attraction.
@@ -122,7 +129,7 @@ Changes since 1.14: Broke the driver up into more source files.
                        Moved the hacks into their own directory.
                        Made all `time' parameters accept the 00:00:00 syntax,
                        so that even the parameters which are normally read as
-                       `minutes' can be specified in seconds.
+                       minutes can be specified in seconds.
                        Added colormap cycling to `imsmap'.
                        Made hyper work with K&R compilers.
 Changes since 1.13:    Added `orbit' option to `attraction' hack.