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I've long thought it would be fun to reverse engineer the After Dark API that modules use. Make a modernized version that can run on modern systems, just emulate the 16-bit x86 part using a headless QEMU or something
or a 68k emulator, since they also made a LOT of mac modules
amusingly enough time has passed that in between when After Dark Windows was released, Windows added and then removed their own screensaver functionality. So we're back to how After Dark worked, where it was a program that just idled in the background
but I'm sure it could be hacked into one of the linux screensaver frameworks without too much difficulty. JWZ probably doesn't want the Windows version in xscreensaver, but maybe the mac version would be acceptable?
yakkoj 🦊@foone jwz isn't even interested in making a Wayland version of xscreensaver (after over 30 years of dealing with X, I don't blame him a bit)
@yakkoj does wayland even support screensavers? I thought the point of wayland was to drop support for anything anyone would use
Peter Amstutz
Wayland and screen savers
Wayland does not support screen savers: it does not have any provision that allows screen savers to even exist in any meaningful way. If you value screen savers, that's kind of a problem. Why doesn't it? Well, I suppose the designers of Wayland have no joy in their cold, black hearts simply do not value screen savers. I suspect that some day someone will graft screen saver support onto ...