To build on VMS, see README.VMS.
+If you are upgrading, you might want to delete your ~/.xscreensaver file.
+If you don't, you might not see the new graphics modes. If you are upgrading
+from version 2.* to version 3.*, definitely do delete your .xscreensaver file.
+
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
============
+Changes since 3.06: * Configure tweaks (sometimes -lXmu wasn't getting linked
+ in properly; check for _Xsetlocale in -lXintl.)
+ * Portability fixes for sonar.c.
+ * Fixed a compilation problem when you have GL but don't
+ have XPM.
+ * Made configure notice when MesaGL requires -lpthread.
+ * Made `flame' ignore SIGFPE (not sure if this is the
+ right fix; it seems only to be needed on FreeBSD.)
+ * Kludged `rd-bomb' work on visuals that are of depth 24
+ but that *do not* support pixmaps of depth 32.
+ * Fixed `halo' to work properly in TrueColor.
+ * Changed `xscreensaver.spec' to install the hacks in
+ /usr/X11R6/lib/xscreensaver/ by default, since that's
+ where recent Red Hat distributions put them.
+ * Added `t3d' hack.
+ * Updated versions of `crystal', `hopalong', and `flow'
+ from xlockmore.
+ * Imported `demon' and `loop' modes from xlockmore.
+Changes since 3.05: * Oops, the "default-n" visual descriptor was broken;
+ it was always installing a colormap if the
+ `installColormap' preference was set, meaning that
+ `xearth', `xv' and friends were using the wrong
+ colors on 8-bit systems.
+ * Turned off HAVE_PING in `sonar', since it compiles
+ on some Linux systems, but not others of similar
+ vintage...
+Changes since 3.04: * Fixed an off-by-1 in `distort'.
+ * Added `sonar' hack.
+ * New version of `glplanet' (with stars.)
+ * Made all hacks exit when you type `q' or `ESC' at them,
+ and made them obey the WM_DELETE_WINDOW ClientMessage.
+ * Fixed a nonfatal buffer overrun in lament (note:
+ lament still doesn't work with MesaGL 3.0: it dies in
+ lambda_textured_triangle1(), which is Mesa's bug, not
+ mine.)
+Changes since 3.03: * Added an `xscreensaver.spec' file, to make it easier
+ for other folks to generate RPMs.
+ * Made the password code work on HPUX in the situation
+ where: ``enhanced security'' is available; but not
+ used; but the user typed a password more than 8
+ characters long anyway. FTSOHPUX.
+Changes since 3.02: * Made locking work when passwd aging is enabled.
+ * Added support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication
+ Modules.) It is still turned off by default, though,
+ since it doesn't seem to work on Solaris 2.6, and has
+ been behaving erratically on Red Hat 5.1.
+ * Made each possible authentication method be tried in
+ turn until one succeeds; this means that Kerberos is
+ being used, we will first check Kerberos, and if that
+ fails, will then consult the local password file.
+ Likewise with PAM.
+ * Save and restore the bits under the passwd dialog,
+ to avoid leaving a black rectangle behind when
+ unlocking is cancelled.
+Changes since 3.01: * Not everyone has sys/select.h, sigh...
+Changes since 3.00: * Some fixes to `reflect'.
+ * Configure tweaks.
+ * Made it log unsuccessful attempts to unlock the screen
+ to syslog.
+ * Fixed a bug where `xscreensaver-demo' could be seeing
+ a different programs list than `xscreensaver' did.
+Changes since 2.34: * The xscreensaver daemon no longer links against Motif
+ or Athena: demo-mode and the preferences panel are no
+ longer built in to the daemon, but are now handled by
+ an external program, `xscreensaver-demo'.
+ (I decided that this, along with the recent addition
+ of the `.xscreensaver' config file, justified bumping
+ the version number to 3.00, since this is a fairly
+ major architectural change.)
+ * Lines in the `*programs' resource may now begin with
+ the character "-", meaning "don't run this hack."
+ In this way, it's possible to disable a hack without
+ throwing away the information about it (making it
+ easier to change your mind later.) Eventually the
+ preferences/demo mode GUI should represent this as a
+ checkbox or something.
+ * Fixed a short race condition where it was possible for
+ xscreensaver to die with a BadWindow error if it was
+ blanking the screen just as another window was being
+ deleted.
+ * Made it possible to disable specific modes in `bsod'.
+Changes since 2.33: * Fixed a bug that was making `pipes' generate way too
+ many valves. Made the viewpoint in `pipes' be selected
+ randomly instead of always being -10 degrees.
+ * Fixed a bug in the XSHM code, in the case where the
+ server supports the XSHM extension but is not the same
+ machine as the client.
+ * Made `rd-bomb' default to taking up the whole screen.
+ * Made it not try to do fading/unfading if no PseudoColor
+ visuals exist.
+ * Initial attempt at supporting VT-locking (doesn't work
+ yet.)
+ * Eliminated the `captureStdout' resource; now
+ `captureStderr' controls both streams.
+ * Added `-capture-stderr' and `-no-capture-stderr'
+ command-line arguments.
+ * Added `glplanet' hack.
+ * When a hack is selected with `xscreensaver-command
+ -select', that hack will be used until further notice
+ (until the saver turns off, or another activation
+ command is issued.)
+Changes since 2.32: * Made `xscreensaver-command' print error messages:
+ the xscreensaver daemon now responds to ClientMessage
+ events by writing a response message on a window
+ property, instead of just writing to its stderr.
+ * Made the ~/.xscreensaver file be automatically reloaded
+ when the file date changes.
+ * The password dialog and splash screen no longer depend
+ on Motif or Athena. This should clear up a number of
+ focus problems, and is the first step on the path
+ toward moving all of the Motif/Athena/whatever code
+ out of the xscreensaver daemon, and into external
+ processes.
+ * Don't complain about LessTif 0.86 any more, since the
+ new password dialog makes that problem go away.
+ * Configure tweaks for Irix 6.5, SunOS 5.something.
+ * New `-reflect' option to `distort'.
+Changes since 2.31: * Added reading and writing of a ~/.xscreensaver file,
+ so that the Preferences panel can save its settings.
+ * New version of `rubik'.
+ * Added `-select N' argument to `xscreensaver-command'.
+ * Oops, left out some of the `bubbles3d' files...
Changes since 2.30: * The cursor was invisible in the password dialog. Fixed.
* Made configure warn against MesaGL 2.6.
* Fixed X error at startup when using non-default visual.
`swirl' hacks, which speeds them up a bit.
* Added `lament' hack.
Changes since 2.23: * Tweaked the order of the -L options again.
- * Cleaned up configure's --help message.
+ * Cleaned up configure's `--help' message.
* Added `kumppa' hack.
* Smarter maze-solving algorithm in `maze'.
* Took `xlyap' out of the default list of hacks, since
* Some random configure tweaks.
* Added a `timestamp' resource that makes the `-verbose'
messages include the time at which they were printed.
-Changes since 2.22: * The fix for SGI's "scheme" nonsense broke things, and
+Changes since 2.22: * The fix for SGI's ``scheme'' nonsense broke things, and
let the user's "*background" resource show through.
Fixed it in a different way.
Changes since 2.21: * Added support for the DPMS server extension (Display
Power Management System.)
- * Made configure advertize the --enable-subdir option a
+ * Made configure advertize the `--enable-subdir' option a
little more, since that seemed to cause some people
stress. Also, made that directory be built into the
xscreensaver executable, as a hardcoded prefix to
* Made configure prefer the two-arg gettimeofday to the
one-arg version, since AIX doesn't have any prototypes.
* Made it work with Xaw3d (the 3D Athena library.)
- * Made "make install" create directories as necessary.
+ * Made `make install' create directories as necessary.
* New version of lmorph from Sverre.
* Added `crystal' and `discreet' hacks from xlockmore.
* Added a new mode to `bsod'.
-Changes since 2.20: * Made "xscreensaver-command -time" use different words.
+Changes since 2.20: * Made `xscreensaver-command -time' use different words.
(It now describes the two states as "screen blanked
since..." and "screen non-blanked since..." instead of
"active since..." and "inactive since..." which a lot
xscreensaver-command programs more obvious.
* Rewrote (and reorganized) parts of the xscreensaver and
xscreensaver-command manual pages.
- * Renamed xscreensaver's "-lock" command-line option to
- be "-lock-mode", to avoid confusion with the "-lock"
+ * Renamed xscreensaver's `-lock' command-line option to
+ be `-lock-mode', to avoid confusion with the `-lock'
option to xscreensaver-command, which does a totally
different thing.
- * Removed xscreensaver's "-demo" command-line option for
- a similar reason; use "xscreensaver-command -demo"
+ * Removed xscreensaver's `-demo' command-line option for
+ a similar reason; use `xscreensaver-command -demo'
instead.
- * Disabled SGI's "scheme" nonsense in a better way than
+ * Disabled SGI's ``scheme'' nonsense in a better way than
fully-qualifying the background colors in every single
hack.
* Fixed some other minor cosmetic problems when *sgiMode
Changes since 2.11: * Added `README.debugging'.
* Added `puzzle' hack.
* Added `xlyap' hack.
- * Added "default-n" as a visual name, so that one can
+ * Added `default-n' as a visual name, so that one can
have -install on by default, but turn it off for
certain poorly-behaved hacks (like xv.)
* Added support for grabbing frames of external video
* Fixed a bug in the -time option.
* Fixed a bug in configure related to LessTif.
Changes since 2.06: * Minor header tweaks in windows.c and flag.c.
- * Made multi-architecture (VPATH) builds work properly.
+ * Made multi-architecture ($VPATH) builds work properly.
* Merged new GL stuff from xlockmore (rubik, morph3d.)
* Fixed intermittent crashes in `imsmap' and `munch'.
* Added `fadeplot' hack from xlockmore.
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