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 win-
       dow 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  back-
       ground  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 (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(1).

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

X DEFAULTS
       The xrefresh program uses the routine  XGetDefault(3X)  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(1) 

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

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