X-Git-Url: http://git.hungrycats.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=xscreensaver;a=blobdiff_plain;f=hacks%2Fconfig%2Fhypercube.xml;h=e52232e2b63830e8e9c9ee66a842aacde9a2bf87;hp=178cd433bf034e068534d241d2149a2dd1ef67d9;hb=3243731044b944673630b55e16674c191b026f84;hpb=f0261d8acab611f3433160e4f07367b870439739 diff --git a/hacks/config/hypercube.xml b/hacks/config/hypercube.xml index 178cd433..e52232e2 100644 --- a/hacks/config/hypercube.xml +++ b/hacks/config/hypercube.xml @@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ <_description> +This screen saver was removed from the XScreenSaver distribution as of +version 5.10. It has been replaced by the more general "Polytopes" +screen saver, which can display this object as well as others. + This displays 2D projections of the sequence of 3D objects which are the projections of the 4D analog to the cube: as a square is composed of four lines, each touching two others; and a cube is composed of @@ -58,8 +62,6 @@ eight cubes, each touching six others. To make it easier to visualize the rotation, it uses a different color for the edges of each face. Don't think about it too long, or your brain will melt. -See also "polytopes" for a more general version of this using OpenGL. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercube http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_polytope