X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d9d3abf467de7c591f312bbedcc4a0731814b284;hp=6d3229c7337c811cd3f172b913699ca17b158c63;hb=8eb2873d7054e705c4e83f22d18c40946a9e2529;hpb=a1d41b2aa6e18bf9a49b914a99dda8232c5d7762 diff --git a/README b/README index 6d3229c7..d9d3abf4 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ The most important hint is probably this: 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 @@ -39,9 +36,9 @@ You can try out xscreensaver like so: 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! @@ -71,6 +68,33 @@ http://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/. ============ +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 + /lib/xscreensaver/ instead of /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' @@ -80,7 +104,7 @@ Changes since 3.33: * Turned `memoryLimit' off by default, sigh. Apparently * 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 @@ -890,3 +914,12 @@ Changes since 1.13: * Added `orbit' option to `attraction' hack. 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.