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.