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@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@ To compile for a Unix system with X11: xscreensaver & xscreensaver-settings - There are many compilation dependencies. The configure script will - tell you what is missing. At the least, you will need development - versions of these libraries: + There are many compilation dependencies. The configure script will tell + you what is missing. At the least, you will need development versions of + these libraries. Append "-dev" or "-devel" to most of these: - perl pkg-config gettext intltool libx11 libxext libxi libxt - libxft libxinerama libxrandr libxxf86vm libgl libglu libgle - libgtk2 gdk-pixbuf-2.0 gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0 libxml2 libpam - dbus libsystemd elogind + perl pkg-config gettext intltool libx11 libxext libxi libxt libxft + libxinerama libxrandr libxxf86vm libgl libglu libgle libgtk-3-0 + libgdk-pixbuf2.0 libjpeg libxml2 libpam libsystemd elogind BSD systems might need gmake instead of make. @@ -70,6 +69,92 @@ Interested in writing a new screen saver? Version History =============================================================================== +6.09 * New hacks,`kallisti' and `highvoltage'. + * Formal-wear for `headroom'. + +6.08 * macOS: Worked around a macOS 14.0 bug where savers would continue + running invisibly in the background after un-blanking. + * macOS: Upgraded Sparkle (the "Check for Updates" library) for + macOS 14.0 compatibility. + +6.07 * New hacks, `droste', `skulloop', `papercube' and `cubocteversion'. + * `xscreensaver-settings' was sometimes turning off the DPMS checkbox. + * Log pid of caller of `deactivate' command, to give a hint about who + is preventing the screen from blanking. + * recanim uses libffmpeg. + * Updates to `sphereeversion'. + * Added some new map sources to `mapscroller'. + * macOS: Worked around a macOS 13.4 bug where multi-head systems would + fail to launch savers on some or all screens. + * Minimum compiler target is now ISO C99 instead of ANSI C89. + Didn't want to rush into it. + * macOS, Android: Better looking thunbmail images. + * Various other minor bug fixes. + +6.06 * New hack, `hextrail'. + * `marbling' works again. + * Adjusted some of the very old hacks, which were written when pixels + were larger, to be more visible on today's higher rez displays. + * X11: More robust desktop image grabbing. + * X11: Various improvements to `xscreensaver-settings'. + * X11: Silence new new Perl warnings from `xscreensaver-getimage-file'. + * X11: Supports "Lock" messages from systemd, e.g. when logind.conf + has "HandleLidSwitch=lock" instead of "suspend". + +6.05 * X11: Cope with dumb DPMS settings that existed pre-startup. + * X11: Silence new Perl warnings from `xscreensaver-getimage-file'. + * X11: Fix `sonar' pthreads crash on recent Pi systems. + * X11: Removed dependence on `gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0'. + * X11: GTK 3 is now required. + * macOS: Fixed the "Run savers on screens" preference in Random mode + on multi-screen M1 systems. + * Retired `thornbird', which is redundant with `discrete'. + +6.04 * New hacks, `nakagin' and `chompytower'. + * Settings dialog shows diagnostics for bad image folders and feeds. + * URLs for `imageDirectory' can now point at archive.org collections. + * Sliders for various "Speed" preferences are easier to use. + * X11: Settings dialog shows saver description below embedded preview. + * X11: Better behavior when zero monitors are attached. + * X11: Improvements to inhibiting blanking while videos are playing: + No longer necessary to hack GNOME and KDE to get them to not usurp + the org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver endpoint. + * X11: `unicrud' displays character names. + * Updated `webcollage'. + +6.03 * New hack, `squirtorus'. + * New hack, `mapscroller' (X11 and macOS only). + * `sphereeversion' now has corrugation-mode, and can evert the Earth. + * `glplanet' is higher resolution, and displays time zones. + * `glslideshow' displays relative pathnames again. + * iOS: Apple broke drag-to-rotate again. Fixed. + * macOS: fixed spurious error message in auto-update installer. + * X11: fixed `sonar' failing to ping on some Linux systems. + * X11: Touch-screens work. + * X11: Hold down Backspace to clear the whole password field. + +6.02 * New hacks, `marbling' and `binaryhorizon'. + * `atlantis' behaviors are more random and lifelike. + * `headroom' is now Mask Headroom. + * X11: `fontglide' skips fonts that can't display ASCII. + * X11: Use asterisks in the password dialog if the system fonts don't + have bullets in them. + * X11: "Disable Screen Saver" was behaving like "Blank Screen Only". + * Android: These hacks work now: `antinspect', `barcode', + `energystream', `fliptext', `fontglide', `glsnake', `raverhoop', + `starwars', `unicrud'. + +6.01 * X11: Properly disable the server's built-in screen saver. + * X11: The passwdTimeout option was being ignored. + * X11: The display of the unlock thermometer was weird. + * X11: Fixed password entry on old-school multi-screen setups (:0.1). + * X11: Worked around a KDE 5 compositor bug that caused the desktop + to momentarily become visible when cycling. + * X11: Fixed possible high CPU usage in `xscreensaver-systemd'. + * X11: Fixed some spurious warnings in `xscreensaver-text'. + * X11: Warn when Wayland is in use, since it makes both screen saving + and locking impossible. + 6.00 * X11: Major refactor of the `xscreensaver' daemon for improved security, dividing it into three programs: `xscreensaver', `xscreensaver-gfx' and `xscreensaver-auth'. @@ -277,7 +362,7 @@ Version History 5.26 * More auto-updater tweaks. -5.25 * Try harder to bypass Quarrantine and Gatekeeper in macOS installer. +5.25 * Try harder to bypass Quarantine and Gatekeeper in macOS installer. * Some files were missing from the tarball. 5.24 * Added "Automatically check for updates" option on macOS. @@ -1693,7 +1778,7 @@ Version History the parameters which are normally read as minutes can be specified in seconds. * Added colormap cycling to `imsmap'. - * Made hyper work with K&R compilers. + * Made `hyper' work with K&R compilers. 1.14 * Added `orbit' option to `attraction' hack. * Added `lock-timeout' option. @@ -1702,14 +1787,26 @@ Version History 1.09 * Added demo mode, and locking. * Added `maze' hack. * Added `norotate' option to `rocks' hack. + * Uploaded to export.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xscreensaver.tar.Z and posted + to comp.windows.x.announce, 25-Feb-1993. + * Added `hypercube' and `slidescreen' (or they may have been added + earlier). 1.05 * 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'. + * Uploaded to export.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xsaver.tar.Z and posted to + comp.windows.x.announce, 30-Nov-1992. + +1.04 * Added `blitspin' and `imsmap' (or they may have been earlier). + * Appeared on the X11R5 contrib tape, a mirror of export.lcs.mit.edu, + 29-Nov-1992. + +1.00 * Uploaded to export.lcs.mit.edu:contrib/xsaver.tar.Z and posted to + comp.windows.x.announce, 17-Aug-1992. + * Initial list of included hacks: + `qix', `helix', `rorschach', `attraction', `greynetic', `rocks', + `pyro', `hopalong', and `noseguy'. -1.01 * Current list of included hacks is now: `qix', `helix', `rorschach', - `attraction', `greynetic', `rocks', `pyro', `hopalong', and - `noseguy'. |