XREFRESH(1X11)          COMMAND REFERENCE          XREFRESH(1X11)



NAME
     xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen

SYNOPSIS
     xrefresh [-option ...]

     This is a user-contributed client.

DESCRIPTION
     The xrefresh program 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.

     This 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, 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 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(3x11) to
     read defaults, so its resource names are all capitalized.



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XREFRESH(1X11)          COMMAND REFERENCE          XREFRESH(1X11)



     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.

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

SEE ALSO
     X(1x11)

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





































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