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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] [--window-id number][--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.

     --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  be-
	     tween 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  re-
	     sources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.

     XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW
	     The window ID to use with --root.

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 repre-
     sentations 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.

X Version 11		       6.15 (30-Mar-2026)			pedal(6)

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