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 (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 _c_o_l_o_r
-
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.
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-geometry _W_x_H_+_X_+_Y
-
Specifies the portion of the screen to be repainted; see _X_(_7_).
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-display _d_i_s_p_l_a_y
-
This argument allows you to specify the server and screen to
refresh; see _X_(_7_).
X DEFAULTS
The
xrefresh
program uses the routine
XGetDefault(3X)
to read defaults, so its resource names are all capitalized.
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