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xrefresh(1X)
X11R6
NAME
  xrefresh - refresh all or part of an X screen

SYNOPSIS
  xrefresh [-option...]

OPTIONS
  -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 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(1X).

  -display display
      This argument allows you to specify the server and screen to refresh;
      see X(1X).

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.

X DEFAULTS
  The xrefresh program uses the routine XGetDefault(3X11) 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.

BUGS
  It should have just one default type for the background.

SEE ALSO
  X(1X)

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

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