xrefresh(X) X Version 11 (11 July 1990) xrefresh(X)
NAME
xrefresh - refreshes all or part of an X screen
SYNOPSIS
xrefresh [-options ...]
DESCRIPTION
The xrefresh program redraws all or part of your screen.
This is useful when system messages have corrupted your
screen. The xrefresh program 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, xrefresh uses a window with no background, causing
all applications to repaint "smoothly." However, you can use
the various options to make xrefresh use a solid background
(of any color) or the root-window background instead.
OPTIONS
-white
Specifies a white background. The screen appears to
flash quickly, and then repaints itself.
-black
Specifies a black background. In effect, this turns
off all of the electron guns to the tube. This can be
somewhat disconcerting as everything goes black for a
moment.
-solid color
Uses a solid background of the specified color. Try
green.
-root
Uses the root-window background.
-none
Repaints all of the windows by default.
-geometry WxH+X+Y
Specifies the portion of the screen to be repainted;
see X(X).
-display display
Specifies the server and screen to refresh; see X(X).
X DEFAULTS
The xrefresh program uses the XGetDefault(XS) routine to
read defaults, so its resource names are all capitalized.
Black, White, Solid, None, Root
Determines the type of window background to use.
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Geometry
Determines the area to refresh. This is not very
useful.
ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY - Gets the default host and display number.
SEE ALSO
X(X)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
See X(X) for a full statement of rights and permissions.
AUTHORS
Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena.
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