XREFRESH(1)                    X Version 11                     XREFRESH(1)

                                  Release 4



 NAME
      xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen

 SYNOPSIS
      xrefresh [-option ...]

 DESCRIPTION
      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 immediately 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.'' However, the
      various options can be used to indicate that a solid background (of
      any color) or the root window background 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).

 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



 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 1 -        X11 Release 4 November 1991

 XREFRESH(1)                    X Version 11                     XREFRESH(1)

                                  Release 4



      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







































 Hewlett-Packard Company            - 2 -        X11 Release 4 November 1991