redhat man page for pedal

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NAME
       pedal - pretty geometric picture program

SYNOPSIS
       pedal  [-display  host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-delay seconds] [-maxlines number] [-fad-
       edelay useconds] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual]

DESCRIPTION
       The pedal program displays pretty geometric pictures.

OPTIONS
       pedal accepts the following options:

       -window Draw on a newly-created window.	This is the default.

       -root   Draw on the root window.

       -foreground color
	       The color for the foreground.  Default is white.

       -background color
	       The color for the background.  Default is black.

       -delay seconds
	       The number of seconds to pause between each picture.

       -maxlines number
	       The maximum number of lines in the drawing.  Good values are between 20 and 2000.  Maximum value is 16K.

       -fadedelay microseconds
	       The number of micro seconds to take when fading in and out.

       -mono   Don't do fading.  Pretend we're on a monochrome display.

       To make your X server grunt under load, and to impress your friends, try pedal -mono -delay 0 -maxlines 100.

ENVIRONMENT
       DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.

       XENVIRONMENT
	       to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

SEE ALSO
       X(1), xscreensaver(1)

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1994, by Carnegie Mellon University.  Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its	documenta-
       tion  for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided fnord that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
       copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation.	No representations are	made  about  the   suitability	of
       fnord this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty.

AUTHOR
       Dale Moore <Dale.Moore@cs.cmu.edu>, 24-Jun-1994.

X Version 11							     24-Jun-94							   XScreenSaver(1)