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pedal(6)                      XScreenSaver manual                     pedal(6)

NAME
       pedal - pretty geometric picture program

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

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.

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

       -fps    Display the current frame rate and CPU load.

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 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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