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README
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ElectropaintOSX v. 0.3.7

ElectropaintOSX is an OS X screensaver module port of Kent Rosenkoetter's 
clone of SGI's Electropaint screensaver "the most mesmerizing screensaver 
ever written".  This port only wraps Kent's OpenGL code in a screensaver 
module using Objective-C++.  

Kent's page can be found here:

    http://legolas.homelinux.org/~kent/electropaint/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20041210033146/http://legolas.homelinux.org/~kent/electropaint/

The OS X port by Douglas McInnes lives here:

    http://www.lloydslounge.org/electropaint/
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110222022854/http://www.lloydslounge.org/electropaint/

History
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    For the 0.2 version, Modifications for antialiasing, VBL, parameter 
    tweak has been done by Vincent Fiano <ynniv-ep@ynniv.com>.  Thanks 
    Vincent!

    Version 0.3 is a universal binary, currently raising the minimum 
    system requirements to 10.3.9. Changes by Alexander von Below 
    <Alex@vonBelow.Com>

    Version 0.3.1 is a universal binary, currently raising the minimum 
    system requirements to 10.5. It supports 64-bit and Garbage Collection 
    under 10.6.  Changes by Thomas Vo§en <info@crimsonmagic.net>.

    Version 0.3.2 has been build against the 10.8 SDK. It is compatible 
    with Mac OS X 10.8, raising the minimum system requirements to 
    10.8.0. No changes in code. Build by Thomas Vo§en 
    <info@crimsonmagic.net>.

    Version 0.3.3 includes normal and HIPDI icons used in the system
    preferences panel. Thanks to Peter Leonard for kindly supplying the 
    image files.

    Version 0.3.4 fixes a warning during build under Mac OS X 10.10.  
    Thanks to Douglas Carmichael for sending the bug report.

    Version 0.3.5 is notarised and some autorelease initializer have 
    been changed.

    Version 0.3.6 is a minor update for BigSur (MacOSX 11) and M1 macs.
    The minimum system requirement is now 10.9.

    Version 0.3.7 is a minor update to support hi-res displays.

License
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    Copyright (C) 2004 Kent Rosenkoetter, Douglas McInnes

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
    as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
    of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Please 
    see the included gpl.txt for the full license text.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.