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

The pedal program displays pretty geometric pictures.

pedal accepts the following options:

--window

Draw on a newly-created window.  This is the default.

--root

Draw on the root window.

--window-id number

Draw on the specified 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.

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.

XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW

The window ID to use with --root.

X(1), xscreensaver(1)

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.

Dale Moore <Dale.Moore@cs.cmu.edu>, 24-Jun-1994.