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1 perry 1 XScreenSaver
2 !!!XScreenSaver
3 NAME
4 SYNOPSIS
5 DESCRIPTION
6 OPTIONS
7 ENVIRONMENT
8 SEE ALSO
9 COPYRIGHT
10 AUTHOR
11 ----
12 !!NAME
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15 pedal - pretty geometric picture program
16 !!SYNOPSIS
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19 __pedal__ [[-display ''host:display.screen'']
20 [[-foreground ''color''] [[-background ''color'']
21 [[-window] [[-root] [[-delay ''seconds''] [[-maxlines
22 ''number''] [[-fadedelay ''useconds''] [[-mono]
23 [[-install] [[-visual ''visual'']
24 !!DESCRIPTION
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27 The ''pedal'' program displays pretty geometric
28 pictures.
29 !!OPTIONS
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32 ''pedal'' accepts the following options:
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35 __-window__
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38 Draw on a newly-created window. This is the
39 default.
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42 __-root__
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45 Draw on the root window.
46
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48 __-foreground__ ''color''
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51 The color for the foreground. Default is white.
52
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54 __-background__ ''color''
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57 The color for the background. Default is black.
58
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60 __-delay__ ''seconds''
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63 The number of seconds to pause between each
64 picture.
65
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67 __-maxlines__ ''number''
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70 The maximum number of lines in the drawing. Good values are
71 between 20 and 2000. Maximum value is 16K.
72
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74 __-fadedelay__ ''microseconds''
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77 The number of micro seconds to take when fading in and
78 out.
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81 __-mono__
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84 Don't do fading. Pretend we're on a monochrome
85 display.
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88 To make your X server grunt under load, and to impress your
89 friends, try ''pedal -mono -delay 0 -maxlines
90 100.''
91 !!ENVIRONMENT
92
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94 __DISPLAY__
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97 to get the default host and display number.
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100 __XENVIRONMENT__
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103 to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global
104 resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER
105 property.
106 !!SEE ALSO
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4 perry 109 X(1), xscreensaver(1)
1 perry 110 !!COPYRIGHT
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113 Copyright 1994, by Carnegie Mellon University. Permission to
114 use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
115 its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without
116 fee, provided fnord that the above copyright notice appear
117 in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this
118 permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No
119 representations are made about the suitability of fnord this
120 software for any purpose. It is provided
121 !!AUTHOR
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124 Dale Moore
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