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ChangeLog for Cthugha-L. (-*- text -*-)
------------------------
Release 1.4:
bug fixes:
- fixed load-on-demand bug: switching translation table while loading was
in progress caused a pause. (pclose was blocking until cmd_ program
issued a write operation)
- fixed random-palette-bug: after creating a random palette glcthugha
crashed with a segment violation.
- fixed makefile for precompiles binaries
thanks to Brock Lynn for finding this bug
- fixed problem: sound files now can contain spaces
(xcthugha --play "Land Of Confusion.mp3" is now working)
thanks to Simon Hill for finding this bug
- cthugha was not reading data sent via cthugha-server.
thanks to Mike Cavanagh for finding this bug
new features:
- new glcthugha feature: Light - light effect with glcthugha
- new glcthugha feature: Background - show images in background
- new glcthugha feature: some new display functions (tube, 2D, Sphere)
- new glcthugha feature: fly - swirling rings of fire
- in glcthugha: Control camera movement with joystick.
keymaps:
- keys are handled now completely different.
now it is possible to define own keymappings
other stuff:
- default Mesh size is too high, reduced
- use fog in "plane"-like GL displays, and change position of the planes
- new print screen. Save exactly what is on the screen
print screen now also for glcthugha
- no longer save buffer with --save option
- frames were counted twice in glcthugha.
- additional options to glcthugha to control dither and glHints
- added small script to convert all .tga files to .jpg files
- set default value for max-fps to 25
- new option: --once (and --loop) to control if file is played only once
- text with glcthugha is now better readable
- backspace is now working for glcthugha
- changed text color
- new option in configure to select processor type
- some speedups in FFT computations
- new sound reading method (4) directly using the DMA buffer
- new option: --load-late to load translation tables when they are used
for the first time
- lists are now updated when the Core Option changes (new random palette)
Release 1.3:
- check if G1600x1024x256, ... is defined
(old versions of svgalib don't have it)
- define private as private_ before includeing xf86dga header files,
some versions if X11 use private as a variable name there
- fixed error in translate.c (error in endianess)
thanks to Antonio Schifano (schifano@cli.di.unipi.it)
- `--track' was not accepted as argument
- fixed a second endianess error in general-subtle flame
- changed network code. now without get_local_addr
(thanks to John Morton)
- translate \n to \n\r in printfv, printfe, printfee
(I had problems after reinstalling ncurses)
- cleanup of change options:
min-time, random-time, quiet-time, msg-time
- big rearrangements of the code
- cleanup of CD player. It works now much butter
- new Help (F1), updated usage information
- new option: --border (change with key `=') to set the
border of the buffer before flame
- new wave: sticks
- changed, how PCX images are displayed. now always centered
and for a short time with the correct palette,
still not perfect but better than before
- removed sigsaver code, whatever that was
- NEW: OpenGL support.
+ 3D display
+ multiple buffers
- check for pentium optimization in configure
- changed initialization of long_options. Caused a segment
violation with pgcc.
- new option: --test, equals -e -X --no-trans (for testing)
- Replaced tiling by zooming
+ removed tile and mirror options
+ buffer is now always displayed 4times as big
+ new option: --zoom
+ new key: z/Z to change zoom
- changed predefined buffer sizes, now they match the display sizes
- --root (--no-root) as alias for --on-root (--no-on-root)
- new option: --override-redirect (--no-decoration) to set
the override_redirect flag for the window. It is then ignored
by the window manager, that is it is not decorated.
- new option: --max-fps to limit speed of cthugha
- fixed problem with 4 bytes/pixel visuals
- stereo is working again (I am not sure what went wrong in the last
version)
- improvements in user interface
+ better help screen
+ when control panel is used, text is displayed in the control panel
+ option screen replaces info screen, possible to change options there
- changed some keys (Space, Enter, =, ...)
- lock individual options
- use X11 fonts for xcthugha (new option --font),
very slow if shared pixmaps are not available
- changed sound reading a little bit. There are now always 1024 samples
availble, speed improvement for DSP reading (when using method 1)
- removed DGA support, was of no use and caused problems with fonts
- removed screen saver support. Use xscreensaver or a simmilar program,
if you want to use xcthugha as a screen saver.
- removed option 'server'. always accept clients
- combined massage and FFT into one option: sound-process
- removed option cd-autoplay
- removed program name from ini file entries
- when using not private colormap now much faster
- turn off private colormap and control panel by default
- support more sound formats (8/16 bit, signed/unsigned, big/little
endian), replace --snd-sample-size by --snd-format
- big simplification of playing files. only one option remained: --play
now uses players without patches.
- load on demand for translation tables. faster start and less memory
usage
- random palettes. random palettes are saved automatically
- make bigger points when drawing waves
- fixed bug in load: double loading interrupted the whole directory
Septmeber 16th 1998: Released
Release 1.2 (main-changes):
- switched to C++
+ rewrite of big parts of the code
+ table generations program still in C
+ some cleanup of the code
- fixed some bugs (segment violations)
+ when using no translation
+ when using X11 without MIT-SHM
+ when having no ini files (thanks to Robert Bihlmeyer)
+ fixed possible segment violations in some wave functions
- PCX is now copied to active and passive buffer (not working correctly,
but I am not sure why)
- changed flashlight code
- cthugha-server now uses same interface as cthugha and xcthugha
- save current flame, wave, ... to hotkeys (keypad)
Shift+Number: save current setup
number : restore setup
if Shift+Number is not working you can use: ^ and number
- changed how programs communicate with cthugha:
now communication goes though named pipe `/tmp/cthugha.com'
(see --fifo) the program must write to that pipe in .wav. The header
must only contain the most important data.
+ changed AMP and NSPmod a little bit.
AMP now writes a partial .wav header when run with "-convert -w"
NSPmod writes the output to /tmp/cthugha.com
+ Both programs now give a message that they are modified for
Cthugha.
+ Wrote Makefile.am for both programs (replaced configure.in from
AMP)
- switched to GNU configure (suggested by Jamie Zawinski)
- rearranged directory structure
extra programs (MP3, MOD players) are now in extra directory
- cleanup of keys code
- new option "--position" to set position of window for X11
(suggested by Adam Kopacz)
- new option "--full-screen" to fill the whole screen when running
with X11
- turning off the decoration for the screen saver window is no longer
necessary. I am not sure how reliable the new code is.
- Screen saver window takes focus itself - keys work even on
"click to focus" window managers.
- new option "--text-on-term" to display text for xcthugha on the
terminal and not in the drawing window
- changed how displaying is done: first draw to temporary buffer and that
is then converted to the desired bytes per pixel. This made the
display code much nicer.
- buffer when playing from file or through pipe (--sound-buffer option)
- --listen (--exec "") and --listen-silent (--exec-silent "") to only
listen at /tmp/cthugha.com and not to start a program.
- new option --sound-loop to disable loop play when using --exec
switches to listen after playing once
- all sound options available as --snd... and --sound...
- new optins --dev-dsp, --dev-mixer, --dev-cd and --fifo to specify the
names for the devices and the named pipe used.
- removed experimental rgb mode.
- cthugha works now also if setuid something else than root, but started
by root
- reduced some static arrays (flame_fade, silence_strings, tables)
- 3 bytes/pixel might work (not tested)
- only one distribution including precompiled binaries, source and extra
- included `vroot.h'
- new compile time option to turn off all network code
- new option --sigsaver. Possibility to run xcthugha as a screen saver
with xautolock (see documentation).
2nd Feb. 1998: Released
Release 1.1a (changes):
- fixed problem: Loaded .cmd tables were disabled by default.
- fixed bug: Looked for wrong ini file entry for translation tables.
- fixed bug: Bringing up Selection, when all entry
are set to off, could cause a segment violation.
Release 1.1 (main-changes):
- 2 problems with CD code (thanks to James S. Blachly)
- fixed problem in wave_corner, that could cause a
segment violation (thanks to James S. Blachly)
- fixed bug in mixer code
- fixed problem with text display in 16/32 bpp modes
- fixed small problem with "water" flames
- RGB mode (--rgb).
Still in development, too slow, not looking good
disabled by default.
- Run external program to play sound (--exec, --exec-silent).
+ Included slightly modified version of nspmod-0.1 by
Toru Egashira to play MOD files.
Modifications to nspmod:
* output to stdout (new dacio file)
* all text output to stderr
* extra output for cthugha (speed, stereo)
+ Included slightly modified version of amp-0.7.3 by
Tomislav Uzelac to play MP3 files.
* added audioIO_Cthugha to write data suitable for Cthugha
* changed Makefile.in to produce Cthugha version of amp.
- new option --mod as shortcut for --exec INST_LIB/cth-nspmod
- new option --mp3 as shortcut for --exec INST_LIB/cth-amp
- new display functions: bent, plate
renamed sheet to hfield
- smoothing to next palette now takes at most 1 second
- very dark palettes are brightend up
- slightly changed FFT code
- Added value to scale waves (scale_wave)
August 20th: Release to sunsite.unc, afn.org, homepage
Release 1.0 (main-changes):
- New wave, flame, display functions:
waves: wire2, lineHL, spiral, pyro, warp, laser, corner
flame: down
display: roll
- Palette override pcx on startup (when both are given,
value from palette is used)
- Fixed bug, when disabling an input source
- Added options to disable CDROM, dsp, mixer, ...
and to use older sound reading code
- Fixed bug, when changing sample speed while cthugha is running.
(caused read errors in Linux 2.1.??)
- Also support gray scale visuals with X11
- Included reference to Warper
- New src directory in documentation
- Generate documentation also as "pure" ascii (cthugha.ascii)
- Don't delete "INSTALL" on dist-clean, so
INSTALL is now included in the source distribution.
- Fixed bug, when saving options and PCX was disabled.
- Give a warning, when unknown feature is used.
- Generate translation table on startup -> .cmd files
saves lot's of disk space, but loading takes more time
- New option: --(no-)panel to disable/enable X11 control panel
- Only use root privileges, when really needed.
- Suspend Cthugha (free sound device, return to text mode)
on ^Z (SIGTSTP) and continue on SIGCONT.
- Big bugfix: cthugha-server was not displaying, and not
reacting correctly to keyboard
- Update Status for every frame,
calculate frames/second relative to last change
- New beat detection code -> only one value for "beat change" (fire-level)
- better text display
- 'make install' tries to set owner 'root' and set setuid bit.
Add entry in "/usr/info/dir" only, when there is no Cthugha entry
already there.
- InstallColormap problem solved. You should turn off the decoration
for "xcthugha-saver" and "xcthugha-dga". (see docu)
- fixed problem with borders around drawing.
- disp-direct with DGA (see docu).
- big speed increase with DGA, when only a part of the screen was used.
- mirror buffer to screen. New options --mirror, --mirror-x, ...
this replaces the mirror{H,HV,V} display functions.
- Undo last changes with Backspace
July 10th: Release to afn.org, sunsite.unc, homepage
Release 0.9 (main-changes):
- faster translation tables (15% faster)
- cthugha-server now also accepts buffer size options
- documentation/Makefile: added -o option to dvips
- lots of source cleanups (removed almost all #ifdefs)
- display text in window for X11 (no longer uses ncurses)
- display credits in window
- changed sound reading (--snd-fragments)
- different verbose levels
- docu. simplifications
- new format for ini-files (now more like X11 resource database)
- play sound from file
- xcthugha now reacts much faster to keyboard input
- xcthugha now accepts keys in all windows
- no longer use libsx
- combined xcthugha and xcthugha-saver into one executable
- hide pointer in drawing area for xcthugha
- xcthugha: menus now set the feature, selection also works correctly
- better mixer support (all available settings)
- removed --vol (-V) option
- new display function (sheet)
- some changes to Makefile
- removed --pause option
- chaned order of sound massage and FFT
- change FFT code. now FFT and flashlight
FFT: compute FFT of sound data and draw that
(as in old Cthugha versions)
Flashlight: Change palette based on sound
(as in version 0.8)
- Added FFT and Flashlight to option dialog
- Search for files in directory given by INST_LIB.
(not in the default path /usr/local/lib/cthugha)
Print the correct value also in the documentation
- added new sound massage
- included DGA support (turn on with --dga)
also included --no-buff to force software double buffering
DGA supports works with screen saver
DGA needs root privileges
April 16th: Release 0.9 to sunsite, and afn
Release 0.8 (main-changes):
- Changes from Torsten Martinsen <torsten@dk-online.dk>
spelling errors, Makefile, C++ comments
- prevent double loading of palettes, pcx, ... (--dbl-load)
- fixed bug: --path was not accepted as option
- speedup: combined general flames & translation (up to 30% faster)
- slight change of buffers: Now complete buffer is displayed, but has
a border of 3 rows not displayed, constantly set to 0.
- Clean up of the code (a little bit)
- High and True Color support for X11
- Now possbile to use the default colormap - colors in other windows
are displayed correctly - very usefull when displaying on root
window (--private-cmap)
- Reading from soundcard is now done the right way. Thanks to Jan Kujawa
This also allowes more frames per second to be displayed
- Does pause automatically when error is printed
- Changed installation procedure.
Makefile no longer sets suid-bit.
July 29th 1996: Release 0.8 to sunsite, uni-linz and afn
Release 0.7 (main-changes):
- stretch translation tables (from Rus Maxham), with option (--stretch)
- turning on random play does no longer starts cd
- new options for CD player (random, loop, eject)
- 3 new translation table
- options dialog
- now palettes of compressed PCX files are loaded correctly
- small changes for easier installation
- new --little: "little changes"
- Changed ini-file, new sections, now all parameters present
- Sound device is freed when not needed:
xcthugha-saver: when not active
cthugha-server: when no clients connected
- PrintScreen now really saves what you see on the screen
- change size of display during runtime with X11
- improved xcthugha: 2 Windows, one with buttons, menus, one with display
- specify search path also for ini-file (--path)
- new --srv-wait-time: make cthugha-saver much nicer
- server mode for cthugha and xcthugha (--server)
- search for tab-files also in /usr/local/lib/cthugha/WIDTHxHEIGHT
- ports use for network sound now also as option (--srv-port, --clt-port)
- new --snd-sync: disable resets of soundcard
April 2nd 1996: Release 0.7 to sunsite, uni-linz and afn
Release 0.6 (main-changes):
- xcthugha-saver (the X11 screen saver version)
- using X11 resource database
- loading compressed files (using 'gzip -cd')
- general flame table is no longer saved (was potential unsave)
- documentation now as texinfo
- changed names of executables
- using MIT-SHM extensions (speedup for X11 by a factor for 2)
- display on root window (with X11)
- tried to fix problems with CD random mode (maybe still a bit buggy)
- new directory and distribution structure
- fixed problem with vanishing cursor when exiting with error
- fixed segment violations in wave_pete1 and wave_test
- added searchpath for map, tab and pcx-files.
- fixed small problem with mixer (setting all values to 0)
- changes now on time-based system
- changed key map - now numbers can be used instead of function keys
- documentation as texinfo
- also use 'fortune' for quiet messages + longer messages.
December 31st 1995: Release 0.6 to sunsite, uni-linz and afn
Release 0.5 (main-changes):
- removed problem with ESC-key (option still remains)
- variable buffer size, variable screen size with X11
- tile with X11
- status-display is no longer removed automatically
- big screen functions
- select a PCX at startup (--pcx)
- save settings and buffer on quit (--save)
- PrintScreen (use key '#')
- script to create default tab-files (mktab.sh)
- set table (how palette is used) with parameter and ini-file
- set massage (sound processing) with parameter and ini-file
- changed parameter for stero and mono to -2 and -1
- switched to gcc-2.7.0 (wrote INFO.gcc-2.7.0)
- smooth_palette
- better CD-Player
- Change prev
- removed bugs (some segment violations)
September 25th 1995: Release 0.5 to sunsite, uni-linz and afn
Release 0.4 (main-changes):
- bugfix (cursor disapearing after cthugha-L --help)
- bugfix at wave-functions
August 9th 1995: Release 0.4 to sunsite..., ftp.uni-linz.ac.at, ftp.afn.org
Release 0.3 (main-changes):
- better wave-functions (check for buffer-size)
- new tab-file format
- tabheader, tabinfo for new tab-files
- #defines for buffer-size are now in cth_buffer.h
- make install/deinstall and make .tab
- general flame functions
- options as names (e.g. flame=l-Sl) in ini-files and parameters
July 31st 1995: Release 0.3 to sunsite.unc.edu, ftp.uni-linz.ac.at, ftp.afn.org
Release 0.2 (main-changes):
- X11 support (using libsx)
- Simple network-support
- Speed (changes done in the flame-functions & switched to gcc-2.6.3)
- Different Screen-modes
- Different Buffer-sizes (change #defines in cthugha.h)
- 32-bit Tab-files if buffer > 64K
- Included simple CD-Player
- "options"
- selection for tab, pal, pcx
- changes from cthugha 5.3
July 6th 1995: Release 0.2 to sunsite.unc.edu, ftp.uni-linz.ac.at, ftp.afn.org
May 15th 1995: Release 0.1 to sunsite.unc.edu, ftp.uni-linz.ac.at
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