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Along with the xscreensaver daemon itself, this package also includes
-numerous graphics hacks for use as screensavers. There is nothing magic
-about these: they are just programs that draw on the root window.
-
-More than 120 such programs are included. For details, see the xscreensaver
-web page, or the enclosed manual pages.
+numerous graphics hacks for use as screensavers. There is nothing
+magic about these: they are just programs that draw on the root window.
+More than 140 such programs are included. For details, see the
+xscreensaver web page, or the enclosed manual pages.
The latest version of xscreensaver is always available on the web at
http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/.
+Looking for tips on writing your own screensavers? There is an entry in
+the XScreenSaver FAQ about that: http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/faq.html
+
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-Changes since 3.34: * Redesigned `xscreensaver-demo' GUI.
+Changes since 4.01: * Plugged a few minor leaks in `xscreensaver' and
+ `xscreensaver-demo'.
+ * New hacks, `cubenetic' and `fluidballs'.
+ * Sped up `pipes'.
+ * Fixed sphere projection error in `glplanet'; installed
+ a better image of earth.
+ * Added Win2K and MacOS 1 crashes to `bsod'.
+ * Put back previous (better) version of `forest' that
+ was accidentially downgraded in the last release.
+ * New version of `bumps'.
+ * Made FPS computation in GL hacks more efficient: it
+ will influence the results less, thus resulting in
+ higher (but more accurate) reported frame rates.
+Changes since 4.00: * New hacks: `twang', `glsnake', `boxed', `sballs',
+ and `glforestfire'.
+ * New hacks `apollonian', `euler2d', `juggle',
+ `polyominoes' and `thornbird', from xlockmore.
+ * Merged recent xlockmore changes into `ant', `braid',
+ `demon', `discrete', `drift', `fadeplot', `forest',
+ `grav', `hopalong', `ifs', `laser', `lightning',
+ `lisa', `lissie', `loop', `mountain', `penrose',
+ `rotor', `sierpinski', `slip', `sphere', `spiral',
+ `strange', and `vines'.
+ * Fixed the `gltext' bug that sometimes caused
+ horizontal lines to vanish again. This time for sure.
+ * Sped up `webcollage' by adding a C helper program to
+ replace the PPM pipeline. It also pastes images
+ semi-transparently now.
+ * Added support for the gdk_pixbuf library: if this lib
+ is available, then `blitspin', `xflame', and `flag'
+ can load GIF, JPEG, and PNG images in addition to XPM
+ and XBM.
+ * Fixed a rare race condition where the desktop-grabbing
+ hacks could sometimes leave the screen wedged, if the
+ user moved the mouse exactly when they were grabbing
+ the screen image (it would un-wedge the next time the
+ saver timed out or was activated.)
+ * Fixed incorrect colors in the screen-grabbing GL hacks
+ (`gflux' and `flipscreen3d'.)
+ * Made SIGHUP restart the daemon process (though using
+ `xscreensaver-command -restart' is still the preferred
+ way.)
+ * Tweaks to `xspirograph'.
+ * Minor configure and portability tweaks.
+Changes since 3.34: * Redesigned `xscreensaver-demo' GUI: it now includes
+ small-preview and per-hack configuration dialogs.
* Added three new modes of operation: `One Screen Saver',
`Blank Screen', and `Don't Blank' (in addition to the
historical `Random Screen Saver').
is no longer needed.
* New versions of `rotzoomer' and `nerverot'.
* Fixed an OSF/1 compilation problem in `molecule'.
-Changes since 3.29: * New hacks, `molecule' `dangerball', and `rotzoomer'.
+Changes since 3.29: * New hacks, `molecule', `dangerball', and `rotzoomer'.
* New version of `gflux'.
* Made `gltext' able to display the current time.
* Fixed a floating-point-precision problem in `gltext'
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