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  ==--           FreeMiNT 1.16.cur development snapshot                 --==
 ==--                   Released 8-April 2006                        --==
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This package contains the current alpha binaries compiled from the
FreeMiNT CVS sourcetree at 2006-04-08.


NOTE: This is not an official FreeMiNT distribution, and the binaries within
      this archive should be treated as alpha software! However, you may
      still wish to use these binaries if you either have a wish to live on
      the cutting edge of FreeMiNT development or if you are an active
      alpha/beta tester of FreeMiNT software. For testing purposes this
      development snapshot may be very handy in that it allows you to check
      whether or not your "favourite" bug is still around or not.


CAUTION: Before proceeding, please consider backing up your current files and
         read the readme.txt files in 'mint\1-16-cur\' and
         'mint\1-16-cur\xaaes\' directories!


Installation
============

 In short this is what you need to do in order to get the development snapshot
up and running:

1) You should have a working >=1.16.0 version of FreeMiNT installed before
   proceeding!

2) Read the README.TXT found in 'mint\1-16-cur\' on how to update to the
   'current' version of FreeMiNT.

3) Copy the correct kernel for you machine from 'auto\' in this archive to your
   AUTO folder on your boot partition. Refer to the 'auto\readme.txt' from
   the official beta release if you are unsure which kernel you need. Make sure
   the kernel binary runs LAST in your AUTO folder!

4) Read the README.TXT found in 'mint\1-16-cur\xaaes\' in this archive about
   how to update XaAES. You need to rename xaaes000.km to xaaes.km if you wish
   to use XaAES on a system with a 68000 CPU present! The file xaaes.km in
   this archive is aimed at 68030+ setups.

5) It is also adviced that you have a look in the new xaaes.cnf to see which
   config keywords that may have been added or changed!

6) You need to update the mouse driver too: If your VDI supports mouse wheels
   (like Milan-VDI does) you should use moose_w.xdd, or moose.xdd if it
   doesn't.



Highlights
==========



--------- since last development snapshot 

 *Object renderer can now draw textured backgrounds. This has been applied to
   window widgets, menus/popup menus and 3d-objects. XaAES will look for the
   textures in the following places:
   - /xaaes/img/8b for IMG-files to use as textures in 256 colour mode. 
   - /xaaes/img/hc for IMG-files to use as textures in >256 colour mode.

 *XaAES can now also draw nice gradients to provide some eye-candy to eg.
  window title backgrounds and the likes. As this takes some CPU-time to handle
  it has been disabled by default. Turn turn this on for hc/tc colour modes:
  -gradients = 1 ; NOTE THAT THIS COMMAND IS TEMPORARY AND IS LIKELY TO CHANGE!

 *The way XaAES handles iconified windows has been improved a lot and can also
  be configured in great detail:
  -icnfy_orient ; Specifies how XaAES should arrange iconified windows.
  -icnfy_width  ; Sets the width of the iconified window    
  -icnfy_height ; Sets the height of the iconified window
  -icnfy_left 	; Left side screen margin for placing iconified windows
  -icnfy_right 	; Right side screen margin for placing iconified windows
  -icnfy_top 	; Top screen margin for placing iconified windows
  -icnfy_bottom ; Bottom screen margin for placing iconified windows
  -icnfy_reorder_to  ; When set to a non-zero timevalue, XaAES will rearrange
		       iconified windows to eg. reuse free "slots"
		       when other windows are un-iconified.

 *Bugfixes:
  -Fixed bug causing dialogs in wdialog windows to be incorrectly positioned.
  -Enabled Taskmanager to appear even if update lock is held by	a frozen app.
   Shutdown is also not blocked by such a situation anymore.
  -Fixed minor redraw bugs in scrollobjects.
  -Fixed bug in fsel where files with month date Jan always appeared as Feb.
  -Fixed huge problem causing job control to kill xaloader program group
   members.
  -Loads of smaller fixes and adjustments.


  
 NOTE: If you seek more information about the configuration settings you
 ought to have a look inside xaaes.cnf for additional info. Have fun! 

http://xaaes.atariforge.net
