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@@ -18,33 +18,93 @@ that you install a binary release rather than trying to compile it yourself. Executables are available for almost all platforms, including macOS, iOS, and Android. See the XScreenSaver web site for details. + +=============================================================================== To compile for a Unix system with X11: +=============================================================================== + + ./configure --help + + ./configure --prefix=/usr + make + sudo make install + make clean - ./configure - make - make install + xscreensaver & + xscreensaver-settings - If you are on an "apt"-based system, "apt-get build-dep xscreensaver" - might install most of the compilation dependencies. + 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: + + 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 + + BSD systems might need gmake instead of make. + + +=============================================================================== +To compile for macOS or iOS: +=============================================================================== -To compile for macOS X or iOS: + See OSX/README. Use the included Xcode project. - Use the included XCode project. Requires XCode 6 and macOS 10.8 - or newer. +=============================================================================== To compile for Android: +=============================================================================== See android/README. + +=============================================================================== Interested in writing a new screen saver? +=============================================================================== See the README.hacking file. + +=============================================================================== +Version History =============================================================================== -XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! +6.00 * X11: Major refactor of the `xscreensaver' daemon for improved + security, dividing it into three programs: `xscreensaver', + `xscreensaver-gfx' and `xscreensaver-auth'. + * X11: Dropped support for systems older than X11R7 (2009). + * X11: Renamed `xscreensaver-demo' to `xscreensaver-settings'. + * X11: Unlock dialog has user-selectable color schemes. + * X11: Everything uses XFreeType for fonts now. + * X11: Install a few custom fonts needed by some savers. + * X11: Fading works on systems without gamma (e.g. Raspberry Pi). + * X11: Use EGL instead of GLX when available. + * X11: `xscreensaver-systemd' now detects when a video player has + inhibited screen blanking and then exits without uninhibiting. + * Improved GLSL and GLES3 support: Phong shading in `etruscanvenus', + `hypertorus', `klein', `projectiveplane',`romanboy' and + `sphereeversion'. + * Updates to `cubicgrid'. + * macOS: Added a `Random XScreenSaver' screen saver, which implements + cycle mode, among other things. + * iOS: Also added cycle mode. + +5.45 * New hacks, `covid19', `headroom', `sphereeversion' and `beats'. + * Shader updates to `hypertorus'. + * No more image-loading pause in `glslideshow'. + * BSOD supports GNOME. + * Image loaders support SVG. + * macOS: Fixed text loading on 10.15. + * X11: `xscreensaver-systemd' now allows video players to request that + the screen not blank. + * X11: -log implies -verbose -no-capture-stderr. + * X11: Glade -> GtkBuilder. + * Android: These hacks work now: `carousel', `juggler3d', `molecule', + `photopile', `polyominoes'. + * Various bug fixes. -=============================================================================== +5.44.1 * macOS: fixed some signing problems in the DMG. 5.44 * New hacks, `gibson', `etruscanvenus' and `scooter'. * BSOD supports Tivo and Nintendo. @@ -538,7 +598,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! run `gdmflexiserver'. Experimental! * Fixed non-ASCII display bug in `starwars'. * Configure finds a default for imageDirectory. - * "xscreensaver-command -lock" now works even if in "screensaver + * `xscreensaver-command -lock' now works even if in "screensaver disabled" mode. * If a bad password is typed while CapsLock is on, the unlock dialog says "CapsLock?" instead of "Sorry". @@ -634,7 +694,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! 4.12 * New GL hacks, `flipflop', `antspotlight', and `polytopes'. * Added VMS to `bsod'. - * Compile without warnings in "gcc -pedantic". + * Compile without warnings in `gcc -pedantic'. * Updates to `webcollage' and `queens'. * Fixed a bug that could cause PAM to hang. @@ -722,8 +782,8 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! * Fixed a bug in `webcollage' (due to recent Alta Vista url changes) that was causing it to try and load incorrect image URLs. * Made `xscreensaver-getimage' use gdk_pixbuf if it is available: this - means that those hacks that load images will no longer rely on "xv", - "xloadimage", etc. This will close a race condition that could + means that those hacks that load images will no longer rely on `xv', + `xloadimage', etc. This will close a race condition that could sometimes cause your desktop background to be changed; and also makes it possible for those programs to operate on image files when running in windowed mode. @@ -1126,7 +1186,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! * Made xscreensaver notice when there has been a sudden large jump in wall-clock time, and if so, lock right away, instead of waiting for "lockTimeout" to expire first. (Laptops need this for safer - recovery from ``hibernation.'') + recovery from hibernation.) * Added `-throttle' option to `xscreensaver-command'. 3.10 * Added `phosphor', `xmatrix', and `pulsar' hacks. @@ -1198,7 +1258,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! 3.04 * Added an `xscreensaver.spec' file, to make it easier for other folks to generate RPMs. * Made the password code work on HPUX in the situation where: - ``enhanced security'' is available; but not used; but the user typed + "enhanced security" is available; but not used; but the user typed a password more than 8 characters long anyway. FTSOHPUX. 3.03 * Made locking work when passwd aging is enabled. @@ -1344,7 +1404,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! * Added a `timestamp' resource that makes the `-verbose' messages include the time at which they were printed. -2.23 * The fix for SGI's ``scheme'' nonsense broke things, and let the +2.23 * The fix for SGI's "scheme" nonsense broke things, and let the user's "*background" resource show through. Fixed it in a different way. @@ -1377,7 +1437,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! xscreensaver-command, which does a totally different thing. * Removed xscreensaver's `-demo' command-line option for a similar reason; use `xscreensaver-command -demo' instead. - * Disabled SGI's ``scheme'' nonsense in a better way than + * Disabled SGI's "scheme" nonsense in a better way than fully-qualifying the background colors in every single hack. * Fixed some other minor cosmetic problems when *sgiMode is turned on. * Fixed an X error in `bsod -root' (how ironic...) @@ -1498,7 +1558,7 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! 2.06 * Merged in VMS support from Patrick Moreau. 2.05 * Fixed a MIT-SCREEN-SAVER-related crash, and tweaked - configure to detect the extra-random -Xss library. + configure to detect the extra-random -lXss library. 2.04 * HP configure tweaks. Detect and warn about LessTif. * Fixed low-color behavior of `goop', `pyro', `starfish', @@ -1650,5 +1710,6 @@ XScreenSaver has an extensive manual -- please read it! * Fixed a BadDrawable error in non-XIdle mode. * Added `blitspin' and `imsmap'. -1.01 * Current list of included hacks is now: 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'. |