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
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