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.

-geometry _W_x_H_+_X_+_Y
Specifies the portion of the screen to be repainted; see _X_(_7_).

-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

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