! this are Xresources to make xterm look good ! put into ~/.Xresources ! after changing contents, run xrdb -merge .Xresources ! gentoo has a bug so that it doesnt read it when X starts, so add above ! command to /etc/xfce4/xinitrc (top) and be happy. XTerm*termName: xterm-256color XTerm*foreground: white XTerm*background: rgb:22/22/22 XTerm*cursorColor: rgb:00/ff/00 XTerm*borderColor: black XTerm*scrollColor: black XTerm*visualBell: true XTerm*saveLines: 1000 XTerm*allowSendEvents: true XTerm*sessionMgt: false XTerm*scrollBar: true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*eightBitInput: false XTerm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono: size=9 XTerm*boldFont: DejaVu Sans Mono Bold: size=9 XTerm*renderFont: true XTerm*activeIcon: true XTerm*iconPixmap: /usr/share/icons/locolor/16x16/apps/xterm.xbm XTerm*fullscreen: never XTerm*selectToClipboard: true Xft.dpi: 96 Xft.antialias: true Xft.hinting: true Xft.hintstyle: hintlight Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault Xft.rgba: rgb