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pedal(6)		      XScreenSaver manual		      pedal(6)

NAME
       pedal - pretty geometric	picture	program

SYNOPSIS
       pedal  [--display  host:display.screen]	[--foreground  color] [--back-
       ground 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
	       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.

       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	 copy-
       right notice and	this permission	notice appear in supporting documenta-
       tion.  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.

X Version 11		      6.09 (07-Jun-2024)		      pedal(6)

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