To build on VMS, see README.VMS.
-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
out what kind of information would be most helpful to include in your bug
xscreensaver &
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-demo' program.
+The XScreenSaver suite of applications uses a client-server model:
+The `xscreensaver' program is a daemon that runs in the background;
+it is controlled by the foreground `xscreensaver-demo' program.
xscreensaver has an extensive manual -- please read it!
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+Changes since 3.34: * Redesigned `xscreensaver-demo' GUI.
+ * Added three new modes of operation: `One Screen Saver',
+ `Blank Screen', and `Don't Blank' (in addition to the
+ historical `Random Screen Saver').
+ * Configure now defaults to installing the hacks in
+ <prefix>/lib/xscreensaver/ instead of <prefix>/bin/.
+ (Most distros already did it this way.)
+ * New GL hacks, `menger', `engine', `flipscreen3d'.
+ * Made `sierpinski3d' be more colorful.
+ * New versions of `xmatrix' and `nerverot'.
+ * Fixed a bug in `starwars' that made the font be drawn
+ with thin lines in -root mode.
+ * Fixed a bad colormap bug in `crystal' that could make
+ *subsequent* hacks malfunction!
+ * Made `gflux' able to grab screen images (`-mode grab').
+ * Updated `webcollage' for recent search engine changes.
+ * Removed most command-line options to `xscreensaver':
+ just edit the ~/.xscreensaver file instead.
+ * Improved behavior on multi-screen and Xinerama systems:
+ the mouse now stays on the screen where the user left
+ it, and the password and splash dialogs always appear
+ on the screen that has the mouse.
+ * Made the splash dialog use more Gtk-like colors;
+ made it have only two buttons, "Settings" and "Help".
+ * Made `sonar' understand `.ssh/known_hosts2' format
+ files, and be better about stripping out illegal
+ addresses.
Changes since 3.33: * Turned `memoryLimit' off by default, sigh. Apparently
some versions of the GL libraries (appear to) allocate
hundreds of megs for every GL program, so `memoryLimit'
* New GL hack, `circuit'.
* Added `fuzz' mode to `decayscreen'.
* New version of `whirlygig'.
- * Added links to `glplanet' and `sphereEversion'.
+ * Added links to `xplanet' and `sphereEversion'.
* Fixed rare race condition that could make `sonar' hang.
* Fixed potential crash in `speedmine'.
* Made `xscreensaver-demo' not crash when imageDirectory
Changes since 1.8: * Added demo mode, and locking.
* Added `maze' hack.
* Added `norotate' option to `rocks' hack.
+Changes since 1.4: * Works when run from XDM before anyone logs in.
+ * Sped up `imsmap'.
+ * Can use `xv' as a slideshow without using up colormap
+ entries while the screen is not blanked.
+ * Fixed a BadDrawable error in non-XIdle mode.
+ * Added `blitspin' and `imsmap'.
+Changes since 1.0: * Current list of included hacks is now: qix, helix,
+ rorschach, attraction, greynetic, rocks, pyro,
+ hopalong, and noseguy.
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