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XREFRESH(1)					   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.

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XREFRESH(1)					   XREFRESH(1)

       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

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