.Xresources

! let there be colors
xterm*termName: xterm-256color
! dark background
xterm*background: gray10
! with a light-ish font
xterm*foreground: dark gray
! use UTF-8 encoding
xterm*locale: true
! give me more lines saved
xterm*saveLines: 4096
! use the clipboard instead of a kill buffer
xterm*selectToClipboard: true
! use a nice font
xterm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book:antialias=True
! make the font readable
xterm*faceSize: 12
! make the meta key work
xterm*eightBitInput: false
xterm*eightBitOutput: true
! have no border
xterm*borderWidth: 0

! make emacs work nicely to get C-h as not backspace
xterm*metaSendsEscape: true
xterm*ttyModes: erase ^?
xterm*VT100*translations: #override \
    <Key> Backspace: string(0x7f)
xterm*backarrowKeyIsErase: true

! this is the option by default but just in case -- blinking is annoying
xterm*cursorBlink: false

! give normal copy/paste from system
xterm*vt100*translations: #override                                     \
    Shift Ctrl <KeyPress> C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD)          \n      \
    Shift Ctrl <KeyPress> V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)        \n      \
    Shift Ctrl <KeyPress> N: spawn-new-terminal()                       \


xterm*vt100*scrollBar: false

Xft.dpi: 100