diff --git a/Xresources.d/50_term b/Xresources.d/50_term
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+! xterm and urxvt configuration
+! 
+! Licensed under CC0.  This file is part of the public domain.  For more
+! information, see <https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/>.
+! Authored by Mike Gerwitz.
+
+
+!
+! xterm
+! -----
+
+xterm*termName: xterm-256color
+xterm*locale: true
+
+! font
+xterm*faceName: DejaVu Sans Mono:size=6.75:antialias=true:hinting=false
+xterm*faceSize1: 6
+xterm*faceSize2: 7
+xterm*faceSize3: 8
+xterm*faceSize4: 10
+xterm*faceSize5: 12
+xterm*faceSize6: 16
+xterm*font: fixed
+xterm*boldFont: fixed
+
+! key combinations
+xterm*metaSendsEscape: true
+xterm*altSendsEscape: true
+xterm*eightBitInput: false
+
+! ^? not ^H (which causes obvious problems with Emacs)
+xterm.*backarrowKey: false
+xterm.*ttyModes: erase ^?
+
+! for using Ctrl with various keys
+xterm.*modifyOtherKeys: 1
+xterm.*formatOtherKeys: 1
+
+! Alt+Enter should send keys, not fullscreen
+xterm.fullscreen: never
+xterm.omitTranslation: fullscreen
+
+
+
+!
+! urxvt
+! -----
+
+! font
+urxvt.font:        xft:Droid Sans Mono:pixelsize=9:antialias=true:hinting=true
+urxvt.boldFont:    xft:Droid Sans Mono:pixelsize=9:bold:antialias=true:hinting=true
+
+urxvt.letterSpace: -2
+urxvt.lineSpace:   -2
+
+! disable obnoxious C-S intercept
+urxvt.iso14755: false
+urxvt.iso14755_52: false
+
+! use multiplexer
+urxvt.saveLines: 0
+urxvt.searchable-scrollback: false
+
+! printing (pipe to true, which does nothing)
+urxvt.print-pipe: true
+
+! performance
+urxvt.perl-ext:
+urxvt.perl-ext-common:
+urxvt.buffered: true
+
+! misc
+urxvt.scrollBar:  false
+urxvt.visualBell: true
+urxvt.modifier:   alt
+
+
+
+!
+! common
+! ------
+
+!!! colors (based on Tango Icon Theme color scheme)
+*background: Black
+*foreground: #babdb6
+
+! black
+*color0: #2e3436
+*color8: #555753
+
+! red
+*color1: #a40000
+*color9: #cc0000
+
+! green
+*color2: #4e9a06
+*color10: #73d216
+
+! yellow
+*color3: #c4a000
+*color11: #edd400
+
+! blue
+*color4: #3465a4
+*color12: #729fcf
+
+! magenta
+*color5: #75507b
+*color13: #ad7fa8
+
+! cyan
+*color6: turquoise4
+*color14: cyan3
+
+! white
+*color7: #babdb6
+*color15: #d3d7cf
+
+! vim: set ft=xdefaults:
diff --git a/Xresources.d/50_urxvt b/Xresources.d/50_urxvt
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-! urxvt configuration
-
-! font
-urxvt.font:        xft:Droid Sans Mono:pixelsize=9:antialias=true:hinting=true
-urxvt.boldFont:    xft:Droid Sans Mono:pixelsize=9:bold:antialias=true:hinting=true
-urxvt.letterSpace: -2
-urxvt.lineSpace:   -2
-
-! printing (pipe to true, which does nothing)
-urxvt.print-pipe: true
-
-! misc
-urxvt.scrollBar:  false
-urxvt.visualBell: true
-urxvt.modifier:   alt
-
-
-!!! colors (based on Tango Icon Theme color scheme)
-*background: Black
-*foreground: #babdb6
-
-! black
-*color0: #2e3436
-*color8: #555753
-
-! red
-*color1: #a40000
-*color9: #cc0000
-
-! green
-*color2: #4e9a06
-*color10: #73d216
-
-! yellow
-*color3: #c4a000
-*color11: #edd400
-
-! blue
-*color4: #3465a4
-*color12: #729fcf
-
-! magenta
-*color5: #75507b
-*color13: #ad7fa8
-
-! cyan
-*color6: turquoise4
-*color14: cyan3
-
-! white
-*color7: #babdb6
-*color15: #d3d7cf
-
-! vim: set ft=xdefaults: