1pedal(6x) XScreenSaver manual pedal(6x)
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6 pedal - pretty geometric picture program
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9 pedal [--display host:display.screen] [--foreground color] [--back‐
10 ground color] [--window] [--root] [--window-id number][--delay seconds]
11 [-maxlines number] [-mono] [--install] [--visual visual] [--fps]
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14 The pedal program displays pretty geometric pictures.
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17 pedal accepts the following options:
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20 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default.
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22 --root Draw on the root window.
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24 --window-id number
25 Draw on the specified window.
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27 --foreground color
28 The color for the foreground. Default is white.
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30 --background color
31 The color for the background. Default is black.
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34 The number of seconds to pause between each picture.
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37 The maximum number of lines in the drawing. Good values are
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40 To make your X server grunt under load, and to impress your friends,
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43 --fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load.
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46 DISPLAY to get the default host and display number.
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49 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
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56 X(1), xscreensaver(1)
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59 Copyright © 1994, by Carnegie Mellon University. Permission to use,
60 copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation
61 for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided fnord that the
62 above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copy‐
63 right notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documenta‐
64 tion. No representations are made about the suitability of fnord this
65 software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or
66 implied warranty.
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69 Dale Moore <Dale.Moore@cs.cmu.edu>, 24-Jun-1994.
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