XREFRESH(1) User Commands 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. 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(7).

-display display
This argument allows you to specify the server and
screen to refresh; see X(7).

-version This argument prints the program version and exits.

X DEFAULTS

The xrefresh program uses the routine XGetDefault(3) 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(7)

BUGS

It should have just one default type for the background.

AUTHORS

Jim Gettys, Digital Equipment Corp., MIT Project Athena

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