How to refresh display from a program in OpenWindows?

[Philip Meese]

In response to: 

> Date:    3 Aug 90 00:18:46 GMT
> From:    bob at omni.com (Bob Weissman)

in v9n279, who sez:

> I can't seem to discover how to refresh my display after it's been trashed
> by, say, a "screenload".  "xrefresh" doesn't work, and pushing the
> "Refresh" button in the Workspace Utilities menu (when I can find it!)
> doesn't work either. 

Type "switcher -e 0" in any window you can get yer hands in. The -e flag
forces the overlay plane of the default display device (/dev/fb ususally)
to show color, and resets it in the process.

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