DISPLAY
to get the default host and display number.
pedal1
Pretty geometric picture program
Usage
pedal [-display
host:display.screen]
[-foreground
color]
[-background
color]
[-window]
[-root]
[-delay
seconds]
[-maxlines
number]
[-fadedelay
useconds]
[-mono]
[-install]
[-visual
visual]
Overview
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.
-
-fadedelay microseconds -
The number of micro seconds to take when fading in and out.
-
-mono -
Don't do fading. Pretend we're on a monochrome display.
To make your X server grunt under load, and to impress your friends, try pedal -mono -delay 0 -maxlines 100.
Environment
-
XENVIRONMENT -
to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
Releases
Unchanged in 4 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm).