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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 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	applica-
     tions.  By default, a window with no background is used, causing all appli-
     cations  to repaint ``smoothly.''	However, the various options can be used
     to indicate that a solid background (of any color) or the root window back-
     ground 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

X Version 11			 xrefresh 1.1.0 		     XREFRESH(1)

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