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@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ 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 (win win.)
+The XIDLE or MIT-SCREEN-SAVER server extensions will be used if you have them.
 
 Unfortunately, locking doesn't work if you don't have Motif.
 
@@ -57,6 +56,7 @@ window, which are pointed at by the screensaver's default resource settings.
                  things.  I snarfed this code from xnlock.
    maze                - This is the X maze demo modified to take a -root option
                  so that it works with xscreensaver.
+   lmorph      - morphing line drawings.
 
 All of these will pop up their own window unless given that -root option.
 See their man pages for more details.
@@ -77,16 +77,20 @@ 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
 screensavers, please let me know!
 
-This program should be updated to take advantage of the new R6 `screensaver'
-server extension instead of XIdle.  I didn't have time to do this before the
-deadline for the R6 contrib tape, but by the time you read this, maybe it's
-done - check a later release.
+The latest version of xscreensaver is always ftpable from ftp.x.org.  You can
+also get it from my web page at http://www.netscape.com/people/jwz/.
 
-The latest version of xscreensaver is on FTP.X.ORG.
-
-       -- Jamie Zawinski <jwz@mcom.com>
+       -- Jamie Zawinski <jwz@netscape.com>
 
 \f
+Changes since 1.25:    Added `lmorph' hack.
+                       Added viscosity and mouse-control to attraction.
+                       Fixed possible bad color choices in qix and attraction.
+                       Added ramp-mode to halo.
+                       Added a new RNG, which is faster and more portable
+                       than using the RNG in libc.
+                       Made locking work on SCO.
+                       Various other minor tweaks that I don't remember.
 Changes since 1.24:    Made it capture the stdout/stderr of its subprocesses
                        and present them on the screensaver window itself.
                        Made demo mode work correctly with non-default visuals