XREFRESH(1) 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,
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.
OPTIONS
-white
Use a white background. The screen appears to
flash quickly and then repaints.
-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
The default. All the windows repaint.
-geometry WxH+X+Y
Specifies the portion of the screen to be
repainted.
-display display
This argument allows you to specify the server
and screen to refresh.
X DEFAULTS
The xrefresh program uses the routine XGetDefault(3X)
to read defaults, so its resource names are all
capitalized.
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XREFRESH(1) XREFRESH(1)
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.
BUGS
It should have just one default type for the
background.
AUTHORS
Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corporation, MIT Project
Athena
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