XREFRESH(1)        X Version 11 (Release 6.6)         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.

          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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