XREFRESH(1)              USER COMMANDS                XREFRESH(1)



NAME
     xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen

SYNOPSIS
     xrefresh [-option ...]

DESCRIPTION
     _X_r_e_f_r_e_s_h 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.  _X_r_e_f_r_e_s_h maps a window
     on  top  of  the desired area of the screen and then immedi-
     ately 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.'' How-
     ever,  the  various  options  can be used to indicate that a
     solid background (of any color) or  the  root  window  back-
     ground 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 _c_o_l_o_r
               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 _W_x_H+_X+_Y
               Specifies  the  portion  of  the  screen   to   be
               repainted; see _X(_1).

     -display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y
               This   argument   allows   you   to   specify  the
               server and screen to refresh; see _X(_1).

X DEFAULTS
     The _x_r_e_f_r_e_s_h program uses  the  routine  _X_G_e_t_D_e_f_a_u_l_t(_3_X)  to
     read defaults, so its resource names are all capitalized.

     Black, White, Solid, None, Root
             Determines what sort of window background to use.





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XREFRESH(1)              USER COMMANDS                XREFRESH(1)



     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.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
     See _X(_1) for a full statement of rights and permissions.

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





































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