#What is Xdefaults
#Xdefaults is a configuration file that your terminal emulator (and many other X applications) will use for settings, so you don’t have to #specify long command line args.
#Xdefaults is the old name, still used as convention, but it’s called Xresources since years and located in the users $HOME as a hidden file. If you #don’t have this file it’s normal. Most people will have to create it before it is there.
#An example of .Xresources

#Xft.dpi: 96 #Xft.rgba: rgb #Xft.antialias: true #Xft.hinting: true #Xft.hintstyle: hintfull #xcalendar*firstDay: 1 #xcalendar*markHoliday: false #Xcursor.theme: whitelarge #Xcursor.size: 32 #———————————————————————————————————————- #
  1. U R X V T – Setting
    #
    #real transparency with active compositor
    #URxvt*depth: 32
    #URxvt*background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/dddd
    #
    #URxvt*scrollBar: false
    #URxvt*scrollColor: grey13
    #URxvt*troughColor: black
    #URxvt*scrollBar_floating: true
    #URxvt*scrollBar_right: true
    #URxvt*cursorColor: darkorange1
    #URxvt*foreground: grey75
    #URxvt*background: grey15
    #URxvt*saveLines: 7777
    #URxvt*cursorBlink: false
    #URxvt*termName: rxvt-256color
    #URxvt*font: xft:Dejavu Sans Mono:pixelsize=10.5
    #URxvt*boldFont: xft:Dejavu Sans Mono:pixelsize=10.5
    #URxvt*colorBD: #FFB700
    #URxvt*transparent: true
    #URxvt*shading: 33
    #URxvt*tintColor: turquoise
    #URxvt.cutchars: (),<>[]{}|`""’’
    #URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-fg: 6
    #URxvt.tabbed.tabbar-bg: 0
    #URxvt.tabbed.tab-fg: 0
    #URxvt.tabbed.tab-bg: 3
    #URxvt    iso14755_52: false
    #URxvt.perl-ext-common: matcher
    #URxvt.urlLauncher: urlLauncher $0
    #URxvt.keysym.C-Delete: perl:matcher:last
    #URxvt.keysym.M-Delete: perl:matcher:list
    #URxvt*matcher.pattern.1: \\bhttps?:\/\/(www.youtube.com|youtube.com|youtu.be)/\\S*
    #URxvt*matcher.launcher.1: urlLauncher -flash $0
    #URxvt*matcher.pattern.2: \\bhttps?:\/\/vimeo.com\/(\\w-*)
    #URxvt*matcher.launcher.2: urlLauncher -flash $0
    #URxvt*matcher.pattern.3: \\bhttps?:\/\/\\w-.*\/?&@*\\.(?i)(mp4|flv|wmv)
    #URxvt*matcher.launcher.3: urlLauncher -video $0
    #URxvt*matcher.pattern.4: \\bhttps?:\/\/\\w-.*\/?&@*\\.(?i)(mp3|ogg|wav|wma)
    #URxvt*matcher.launcher.4: urlLauncher -audio $0
    #URxvt*matcher.pattern.5: \\bhttps?:\/\/\\w-.*\/?&@*\\.(?i)(jpg|jpeg|png)
    #URxvt*matcher.launcher.5: urlLauncher -image $0
    #URxvt*matcher.pattern.6: \\bhttps?:\/\/\\w-.*\/?&@*\\.(?i)(gif)
    #URxvt*matcher.launcher.6: urlLauncher -gif $0
#colors #black #URxvt*color0: #171717 #URxvt*color8: #737373 #red #URxvt*color1: #FF5E5E #URxvt*color9: #FF7878 #green #URxvt*color2: #9CE82B #URxvt*color10: #9ACD32 #yellow #URxvt*color3: #F0E68C #URxvt*color11: #EEE8AA #blue #URxvt*color4: #008AFF #URxvt*color12: #4F98FF #magenta #URxvt*color5: #E88CFF #URxvt*color13: #EDA6FF #cyan #URxvt*color6: #87CEFA #URxvt*color14: #B0E2FF #white #URxvt*color7: #DCDCCC #URxvt*color15: #FFFFFF #———————————————————————————————————————- #
  1. X T E R M 2 – Setting
  2. options: true or false
    #
! Use a nice truetype font and size by default… xterm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono Book xterm*faceSize: 11 ! Every shell is a login shell by default (for inclusion of all necessary environment variables) xterm*loginshell: true ! I like a LOT of scrollback… xterm*savelines: 16384 ! double-click to select whole URLs :D xterm*charClass: 33:48,36-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,95:48,126:48 ! DOS-box colours… xterm*foreground: rgb:a8/a8/a8 xterm*background: rgb:00/00/00 xterm*color0: rgb:00/00/00 xterm*color1: rgb:a8/00/00 xterm*color2: rgb:00/a8/00 xterm*color3: rgb:a8/54/00 xterm*color4: rgb:00/00/a8 xterm*color5: rgb:a8/00/a8 xterm*color6: rgb:00/a8/a8 xterm*color7: rgb:a8/a8/a8 xterm*color8: rgb:54/54/54 xterm*color9: rgb:fc/54/54 xterm*color10: rgb:54/fc/54 xterm*color11: rgb:fc/fc/54 xterm*color12: rgb:54/54/fc xterm*color13: rgb:fc/54/fc xterm*color14: rgb:54/fc/fc xterm*color15: rgb:fc/fc/fc ! right hand side scrollbar… xterm*rightScrollBar: true xterm*ScrollBar: true ! stop output to terminal from jumping down to bottom of scroll again xterm*scrollTtyOutput: false #———————————————————————————————————————- # #
  1. A T E R M – Setting
    #
    #
    Aterm*background: #000000
    Aterm*foreground: #ffffff
    Aterm*transparent: true
    Aterm*shading: 80
    Aterm*cursorColor: #d8d8d8
    Aterm*scrollbars: false
    Aterm*saveLines: 2000
    Aterm*tinting: gray
    Aterm*scrollBar: false
    #Aterm*scrollBar_right: true
    Aterm*transpscrollbar: true
    Aterm*borderwidth: 0
    Aterm*font: -lfp-gamow-medium-r-normal---90---c--iso8859-5
    Aterm    geometry: 80×25
    Aterm*fading: 70
#colors #black Aterm*color0: #333333 Aterm*color8: #686868 #red Aterm*color1: #CA5E5E Aterm*color9: #FF595D #green Aterm*color2: #ABCB8D Aterm*color10: #AFD78A #yellow Aterm*color3: #C48D62 Aterm*color11: #E0A765 #blue Aterm*color4: #8CA0B0 Aterm*color12: #3D6A82 #magenta Aterm*color5: #CC98E0 Aterm*color13: #E1A2DC #cyan Aterm*color6: #44CACF Aterm*color14: #6CBFC4 #white Aterm*color7: #E7E6DD Aterm*color15: #F0EFE7 #———————————————————————————————————————- #
  1. X C A L C – Setting
    #
    #
    xcalc*geometry: 200×275
    xcalc.ti.bevel.background: #111111
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.DEG.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.DEG.foreground: LightSeaGreen
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.GRAD.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.GRAD.foreground: LightSeaGreen
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.RAD.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.RAD.foreground: LightSeaGreen
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.INV.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.INV.foreground: Red
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.LCD.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.LCD.foreground: LightSeaGreen
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.LCD.shadowWidth: 0
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.M.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.M.foreground: LightSeaGreen
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.P.background: #000000
    xcalc.ti.bevel.screen.P.foreground: Yellow
    xcalc.ti.Command.foreground: White
    xcalc.ti.Command.background: #777777
    xcalc.ti.button5.background: Orange3
    xcalc.ti.button19.background: #611161
    xcalc.ti.button18.background: #611161
    xcalc.ti.button20.background: #611111
    xcalc.ti.button25.background: #722222
    xcalc.ti.button30.background: #833333
    xcalc.ti.button35.background: #944444
    xcalc.ti.button40.background: #a55555
    xcalc.ti.button22.background: #222262
    xcalc.ti.button23.background: #222262
    xcalc.ti.button24.background: #222272
    xcalc.ti.button27.background: #333373
    xcalc.ti.button28.background: #333373
    xcalc.ti.button29.background: #333373
    xcalc.ti.button32.background: #444484
    xcalc.ti.button33.background: #444484
    xcalc.ti.button34.background: #444484
    xcalc.ti.button37.background: #555595
    xcalc.ti.button38.background: #555595
    xcalc.ti.button39.background: #555595
    XCalc*Cursor: hand2
    XCalc*ShapeStyle: rectangle
#———————————————————————————————————————- #
  1. X M E S S A G E – Setting
    #
    #
Xmessage.form.okay.shapeStyle: rectangle Xmessage.form.okay.background: red Xmessage.form.okay.foreground: yellow Xmessage*message*background: #3c3c3c Xmessage*buttons: OK Xmessage*defaultButton: OK Xmessage*Background: #3c3c3c Xmessage*Foreground: #D3D3D3 Xmessage.Scrollbar: WhenNeeded Xmessage.form.message.Scroll: WhenNeeded Xmessage*Font: -FreeSans---10-------* Xmessage*borderWidth: 0 Xmessage*Text.borderWidth: 0 Xmessage*Command.shapeStyle: rectangle Xmessage*Text.?.cursorColor: #D3D3D3
  1. other options ####
    #Xmessage.form.okay.shapeStyle: rectangle
    #Xmessage.form.okay.background: #777777
    #Xmessage.form.okay.foreground: snow
    #Xmessage*message*background: snow
    #Xmessage*buttons: OK
    #Xmessage*defaultButton: OK
    #Xmessage*Background: black
    #Xmessage*Foreground: grey85
    #Xmessage.Scrollbar: WhenNeeded
    #Xmessage.form.message.Scroll: WhenNeeded
    #Xmessage*Font: terminus-medium---12-------*
    #Xmessage*borderWidth: 0
    #Xmessage*Text.borderWidth: 0
    #Xmessage*Command.shapeStyle: oval
    #Xmessage*Text.?.cursorColor: white
    #Xmessage*Background: black
    #Xmessage*Foreground: green
    #    ———————————————————————————————————————
    #
  • X F O N T S E L – Setting
    #
    #
    #XFontSel*sampleText.background: TEXTBG
    XFontSel*menu*showUnselectable: false
    XFontSel*MenuButton.shadowWidth: 0
    XFontsel*Toggle*ToggleStyle: check
    XFontsel*MenuButton*Justify: left
    XFontsel*MenuButton*MenuButtonStyle: select
  • .xfontsel.pane.commandBox.quitButton.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.commandBox.quitButton.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.commandBox.ownButton.background: orange3
  • .xfontsel.pane.commandBox.ownButton.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.commandBox.countLabel.background: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.viewPort.sampleText.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.viewPort.sampleText.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field0.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field0.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field1.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field1.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field2.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field2.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field3.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field3.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field4.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field4.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field5.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field5.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field6.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field6.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field7.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field7.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field8.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field8.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field9.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field9.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field10.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field10.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field11.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field11.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field12.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field12.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field13.background: #777777
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.field13.foreground: snow
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox*foreground: #000000
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.MenuButton.borderWidth: 1
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.MenuButton.internalHeight: 1
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.MenuButton.internalWidth: 2
  • .xfontsel.pane.fieldBox.MenuButton.shapeStyle: rectangle#———————————————————————————————————————- #
    1. X C O L O R S E L – Setting
      #
      #
      xcolorsel*Background: black
      xcolorsel*Foreground: green
      xcolorsel*Font: -terminus-medium---12-------*
      xcolorsel.geometry: 399×595
      xcolorsel*displayFormat: #rrggbb
    2. xcolorsel*maxRows: 99
    1. comments ##################
      #I’ve changed all the settings but they do nothing#
      #Changes will not be visible until you run
  • xrdb ~/.Xresources
  • $ your-user-name $HOME/.Xresources
    #And then run xterm or or urxvt or anything again, because the already running instance won’t be involved.
    #How to load those settings on startup?
    #Add
    #$ your-user-name ~/.Xresources
    #Are there more options that are not listed here?
    #Yes, for a complete listing of what all items your terminal emulator will take reference its man page. Typically you can open its man page and type
    #/RESOURCES
    #Hit enter and most of the time this will bring you to where the begining of the optins listed are.
    #External resources
    #dotfiles.org/.Xdefaults
    #dotfiles.org/.Xresources
    #xwinman.org/resource.php