| 1 | .TH XScreenSaver 1 "24-Jun-94" "X Version 11" |
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| 2 | .SH NAME |
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| 3 | pedal - pretty geometric picture program |
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
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| 5 | .B pedal |
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| 6 | [\-display \fIhost:display.screen\fP] [\-foreground \fIcolor\fP] [\-background \fIcolor\fP] [\-window] [\-root] [\-delay \fIseconds\fP] [-maxlines \fInumber\fP] [-fadedelay \fIuseconds\fP] [-mono] [\-install] [\-visual \fIvisual\fP] |
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| 7 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
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| 8 | The \fIpedal\fP program displays pretty geometric pictures. |
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| 9 | .SH OPTIONS |
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| 10 | .I pedal |
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| 11 | accepts the following options: |
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| 12 | .TP 8 |
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| 13 | .B \-window |
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| 14 | Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. |
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| 15 | .TP 8 |
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| 16 | .B \-root |
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| 17 | Draw on the root window. |
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| 18 | .TP 8 |
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| 19 | .B \-foreground \fIcolor\fP |
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| 20 | The color for the foreground. Default is white. |
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| 21 | .TP 8 |
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| 22 | .B \-background \fIcolor\fP |
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| 23 | The color for the background. Default is black. |
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| 24 | .TP 8 |
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| 25 | .B \-delay \fIseconds\fP |
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| 26 | The number of seconds to pause between each picture. |
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| 27 | .TP 8 |
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| 28 | .B \-maxlines \fInumber\fP |
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| 29 | The maximum number of lines in the drawing. Good values are |
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| 30 | between 20 and 2000. Maximum value is 16K. |
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| 31 | .TP 8 |
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| 32 | .B \-fadedelay \fImicroseconds\fP |
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| 33 | The number of micro seconds to take when fading in and out. |
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| 34 | .TP 8 |
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| 35 | .B \-mono |
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| 36 | Don't do fading. Pretend we're on a monochrome display. |
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| 37 | .PP |
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| 38 | To make your X server grunt under load, and to impress your |
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| 39 | friends, try \fIpedal -mono -delay 0 -maxlines 100\fp. |
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| 40 | .SH ENVIRONMENT |
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| 41 | .PP |
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| 42 | .TP 8 |
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| 43 | .B DISPLAY |
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| 44 | to get the default host and display number. |
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| 45 | .TP 8 |
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| 46 | .B XENVIRONMENT |
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| 47 | to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources |
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| 48 | stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. |
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| 49 | .SH SEE ALSO |
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| 50 | .BR X (1), |
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| 51 | .BR xscreensaver (1) |
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| 52 | .SH COPYRIGHT |
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| 53 | Copyright \(co 1994, by Carnegie Mellon University. Permission to use, |
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| 54 | copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation |
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| 55 | for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided fnord that the |
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| 56 | above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright |
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| 57 | notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. |
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| 58 | No representations are made about the suitability of fnord this software |
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| 59 | for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied |
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| 60 | warranty. |
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| 61 | .SH AUTHOR |
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| 62 | Dale Moore <Dale.Moore@cs.cmu.edu>, 24-Jun-1994. |
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