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October 07, 2007

Electric Sheep Mac OSX client v2.6.9 released

get it here. release notes:
Version 2.6.9 updates by Jeff Sickel and spot

Principally supports having a cache directory that consists of subtrees from bittorrent downloads. Instructions for the torrent feed can be found at http://draves.org/blog/archives/000379.html. Just have your torrents moved into the cache directory on completion.

Cleaner loop selection instigated from commentary issued by: Michael Hohimer in http://draves.org/HyperNews/get.cgi/flame/2506.html Tom Lane in http://draves.org/HyperNews/get.cgi/flame/2506/1.html

Code base cleaned up in preparation for 2.7--much of the source closer to reference C code by Spot.

Animation frame selection now controlled by ScreenSaverView's -animateOneFrame method instead of using additional timers for MPEG2View's control.

Additional updates for Apple IR Remote.

Replaced CURLHandle with NSURLConnection api to support proxy configurations. Depending on your site configuration\ , you may need to add /System/Library/Frameworks/ScreenSaver.framework/Resources/ScreenSaverEngine.app to your http\ proxy keychain.

Exposed a prior developer options from build 2.6.4 for saving generated flame frames. Settings can be found in the\ Desktop & Screen Saver preferences under "Render".

Added support for Apple's Remote on the new line of machines with the IR device. Code pulled from http://www.marti\ nkahr.com/source-code and supports:

- kRemoteButtonVolume_Plus votes 'yes'
- kRemoteButtonVolume_Minus votes 'no'
- kRemoteButtonMenu displays status
- kRemoteButtonMenu_Hold hides status

and when iTunes is enabled:
- kRemoteButtonPlay play/pause iTunes
- kRemoteButtonRight next track
- kRemoteButtonLeft previous track

Posted by spot at October 7, 2007 09:22 PM
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