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From: jms@tardis.tymnet.com (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: Re: Screen Refresh
Keywords: Windows
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Date: 29 Jun 90 03:01:54 GMT
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In article <9165@brazos.Rice.edu> jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt ) writes:
>Is there a command which can be used in a script which will refresh the
>screen while sunview is running?

You can write a simple program that asks SunView to open up a full sized
window, and then immediately closes it.  SunView will redraw everything
that had been covered by your temporary window.  (That's how
lockscreendefault does it.)

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