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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 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.

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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