XScreenSaver(1)
NAME
pedal - pretty geometric picture program
SYNOPSIS
pedal [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color]
[-background color] [-window] [-root] [-delay seconds]
[-maxlines number] [-fadedelay 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 pic-
ture.
-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_MAN-
AGER property.
SEE ALSO
X(1) xscreensaver(1)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1994, by Carnegie Mellon University. Per-
mission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this
software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby
granted without fee, provided fnord that the above copy-
right notice appear in all copies and that both that copy-
right notice and this permission notice appear in support-
ing 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 lt;Dale.Moore@cs.cmu.edu, 24-Jun-1994.