xrefresh

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 win­
       dow 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  back­
       ground  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.




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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.

SEE ALSO
       X(1)

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

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







































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