XREFRESH(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual          XREFRESH(1)



NAME
     xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen

SYNOPSIS
     xrefresh [-option ...]

DESCRIPTION
     NOTE: This client is not supported by HP in HP-UX Release
     9.0.  It is included in the release, but it is now installed
     in the directory /usr/contrib/bin/X11.  Your $PATH environ-
     ment variable should contain this directory path in order to
     run this client.  See the release notes for more informa-
     tion.

     Xrefresh is a simple X program that causes all or part of
     your screen to be repainted.  This is useful when system
     messages have messed up your screen.  Xrefresh maps a window
     on top of the desired area of the screen and then immedi-
     ately unmaps it, causing refresh events to be sent to all
     applications.  By default, a window with no background is
     used, causing all applications to repaint ``smoothly.'' How-
     ever, the various options can be used to indicate that a
     solid background (of any color) or the root window back-
     ground should be used instead.

ARGUMENTS
     -white    Use a white background.  The screen just appears
               to flash quickly, and then repaint.

     -black    Use a black background (in effect, turning off all
               of the electron guns to the tube).  This can be
               somewhat disorienting as everything goes black for
               a moment.

     -solid color
               Use a solid background of the specified color.
               Try green.

     -root     Use the root window background.

     -none     This is the default.  All of the windows simply
               repaint.

     -geometry WxH+X+Y
               Specifies the portion of the screen to be
               repainted; see X(1).

     -display display
               This  argument  allows  you  to  specify the
               server and screen to refresh; see X(1).





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XREFRESH(1)         UNIX Programmer's Manual          XREFRESH(1)



X DEFAULTS
     The xrefresh program uses the routine XGetDefault(3X) to
     read defaults, so its resource names are all capitalized.

     Black, White, Solid, None, Root
             Determines what sort of window background to use.

     Geometry
             Determines the area to refresh.  Not very useful.

ENVIRONMENT
     DISPLAY - To get default host and display number.

SEE ALSO
     X(1)

BUGS
     It should have just one default type for the background.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     See X(1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

AUTHORS
     Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena






























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