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.
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+Changes since 5.08: * Ported to MacOS 10.6, including various 64-bit fixes.
+ * New hack, `rubikblocks'.
+ * Fixed another potential RANDR crash.
+ * Use correct proxy server on MacOS.
+ * `molecule' now correctly displays PDB 3.2 files.
+ * Updates to `mirrorblob', `glhanoi', and `sonar'.
+ * Rewritten version of `klein' hack.
+ * New hack, `surfaces', incorporating objects from old
+ `klein' hack, plus new ones.
+ * Merged `juggle' and `juggler3d' hacks.
+ * Fixed compilation under gcc 4.4.0 (strict aliasing).
+ * Fixed intermittent failure in `xscreensaver-command'.
+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 twitpic.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
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