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XScreenSaver
6x
4.21 (01-Mar-2005)
X Version 11
  • 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 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

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  • 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
  • COPYRIGHT
      Copyright © 1994, by Carnegie Mellon University.  Permission 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 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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