Manual: xrefresh

XREFRESH(1)				   General Commands Manual				 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 use‐
       ful 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 applica‐
       tions.  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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