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diff --git a/README.hacking b/README.hacking index f2958b4..09147f7 100644 --- a/README.hacking +++ b/README.hacking @@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ Requirements for inclusion with the XScreenSaver collection your name and the current year). The GNU GPL is not compatible with the rest of XScreenSaver. + - No clocks! Just as time travellers always try to kill Hitler on their + first trip, everyone seems to think that their first screen saver + should be a clock of some kind. Nobody needs to know what time it is + with such frequency. Fight The Tyranny Of The Clock. + ========================================================================== The XScreenSaver API @@ -184,6 +189,10 @@ Programming Tips in long-lived processes where no such cleanup takes place. Consider Valgrind or gcc -fsanitize=leak to find memory leaks. + - Again, don't use global variables. If you are doing your developent + under X11, test your saver from the command line with the "-pair" + argument. If that crashes, you're using global variables! + ========================================================================== macOS, iOS and Android |