xrefresh(1)

1XREFRESH(1)                 General Commands Manual                XREFRESH(1)
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NAME

6       xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen
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SYNOPSIS

9       xrefresh [-option ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Xrefresh  is  a simple X program that causes all or part of your screen
13       to be repainted.  This is useful when system messages  have  messed  up
14       your  screen.  Xrefresh maps a window on top of the desired area of the
15       screen and then immediately unmaps it, causing  refresh  events  to  be
16       sent  to  all applications.  By default, a window with no background is
17       used, causing all applications to repaint ``smoothly.''   However,  the
18       various options can be used to indicate that a solid background (of any
19       color) or the root window background should be used instead.
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ARGUMENTS

22       -white    Use a white background.  The screen  just  appears  to  flash
23                 quickly, and then repaint.
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25       -black    Use a black background.  This can be somewhat disorienting as
26                 everything goes black for a moment.
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28       -solid color
29                 Use a solid background of the specified color.  Try green.
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31       -root     Use the root window background.
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33       -none     This is the default.  All of the windows simply repaint.
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35       -geometry WxH+X+Y
36                 Specifies the portion of the  screen  to  be  repainted;  see
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39       -display display
40                 This   argument   allows   you   to   specify  the server and
41                 screen to refresh; see X(7).
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43       -version  This argument prints the program version and exits.
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X DEFAULTS

46       The xrefresh program uses the routine XGetDefault(3) to read  defaults,
47       so its resource names are all capitalized.
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49       Black, White, Solid, None, Root
50               Determines what sort of window background to use.
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53               Determines the area to refresh.  Not very useful.
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ENVIRONMENT

56       DISPLAY - To get default host and display number.
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BUGS

62       It should have just one default type for the background.
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AUTHORS

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