--- a/.Xdefaults	Wed Feb 09 10:57:19 2011 +0200
+++ b/.Xdefaults	Wed Mar 09 10:21:24 2011 +0200
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@
 ! emacs.geometry: 20x20+0+0
 ! emacs.FontBackend: xft
 
+XTerm*background: white
+XTerm*foreground: black
+XTerm*cursorColor: brown
+! Allow Alt as Meta in Emacs:
+XTerm*eightBitInput: false
+XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
+! When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash reads
+! and executes commands from /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc, if these files
+! exist.
+! By default 'xterm' start shell with '-i', so it interactive. But if it also
+! login shell then ~/.bashrc will not be read. Awful!
+XTerm*loginShell: false
+
+
 Rxvt*background: white
 Rxvt*foreground: black
 Rxvt*cursorColor: brown
@@ -25,14 +39,14 @@
 ! Rxvt*boldFont: 7x14
 Rxvt*scrollBar: on
 Rxvt*saveLines: 5000
-! By default rxvt start shell without args, so it interactive. But if it also login shell
-! then ~/.bashrc will not be read. Awful!
+! When an interactive shell that is not a login shell is started, bash reads
+! and executes commands from /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc, if these files
+! exist.
+! By default rxvt start shell without args, so it interactive. But if it also
+! login shell then ~/.bashrc will not be read. Awful!
 Rxvt*loginShell: false
 
 xpdf*initialZoom: width
 
-! xterm*font: 10x20
-! XTerm*loginShell: true
-
 ! Xft.hinting: none
 ! Xft.dpi: 96