XScreenSaver(1) General Commands Manual XScreenSaver(1)
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.
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