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  (in effect, turning off all of the
26                 electron guns to the tube).  This can be somewhat  disorient‐
27                 ing as everything goes black for a moment.
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29       -solid color
30                 Use a solid background of the specified color.  Try green.
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32       -root     Use the root window background.
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34       -none     This is the default.  All of the windows simply repaint.
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36       -geometry WxH+X+Y
37                 Specifies  the  portion  of  the  screen to be repainted; see
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40       -display display
41                 This  argument  allows   you   to   specify  the  server  and
42                 screen to refresh; see X(7).
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X DEFAULTS

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

55       DISPLAY - To get default host and display number.
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SEE ALSO

58       X(7)
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BUGS

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

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