pedal
Section: XScreenSaver manual (6)
Updated: 5.40 (12-Aug-2018)
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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] [-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 © 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.