From http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-5.24.tar.gz

[xscreensaver] / hacks / config / README

diff --git a/hacks/config/README b/hacks/config/README
index 955f5c1a35e0ca51f1373315fbdc9a29c06654e4..afc457566741ecce1ff8db6883932068cb334881 100644 (file)
--- a/hacks/config/README
+++ b/hacks/config/README
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
             a screen saver and locker for the X window system
                             by Jamie Zawinski
 
-                              version 4.23
-                               21-Oct-2005
+                              version 5.24
+                               07-Dec-2013
 
                      http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/
 
@@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ The tags and parameters used here are:
 
         One of the menu items (the default) should have no arg-set.
 
+        Each arg-set should begin with the same switch: that is,
+        all the args in a given menu should look like:
+
+           -mode one
+           -mode two
+           -mode three
+
+        and not
+
+           -this
+           -that
+           -the other
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   <string id="SYMBOLIC NAME"
@@ -154,6 +167,42 @@ The tags and parameters used here are:
         This creates a file entry field (a text field with a "Browse"
         button next to it.)
 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  <xscreensaver-text />
+
+        This indicates that this screen saver displays text via the
+        "xscreensaver-text" program.  
+
+        In the X11 version, this tag does nothing: the text-related
+        preferences are in the main Screen Saver Preferences window,
+        not in the per-display-mode preferences.
+
+        In the MacOS version, the text-related preferences appear
+        in this pane, and this tag emits those several controls.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  <xscreensaver-image />
+
+        This indicates that this screen saver displays images via the
+        "xscreensaver-getimage" program.  
+
+        In the X11 version, this tag does nothing: the image-loading
+        and screen-grabbing-related preferences are in the main
+        Screen Saver Preferences window, not in the per-display-mode
+        preferences.
+
+        In the MacOS version, the image-related preferences appear
+        in this pane, and this tag emits those several controls.
+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  <xscreensaver-updater />
+
+        Where to position the "Check for Updates" options.
+        This is used on MacOS and ignored on X11.
+
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   <hgroup>