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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  ©  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.