XREFRESH(1)                     X11 5.4R3.00                     XREFRESH(1)


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.





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XREFRESH(1)                     X11 5.4R3.00                     XREFRESH(1)


       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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