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-{{tag>software guides}}
+{{tag>software guides x11}}
 ====== XTerm ======
+**XTerm** is a [[terminal]] emulator for [[X11]]. It comes with X11 and provides full [[VT100]] emulation! However its defaults are not that great.
 ===== Tweaks =====
-To enable Emacs style key combinations, add ''XTerm.VT100.modifyOtherKeys: 1'' to ''~/.Xdefaults''
+==== Fix ctrl key ====
+To enable [[Emacs]] style key combinations, add ''XTerm.VT100.modifyOtherKeys: 1'' to ''~/.Xdefaults''
+==== Change the font ====
+Run ''xfontsel'' and add ''XTerm*font:<font line>'' to your ''~/.Xresources''.
+  *Ex: ''XTerm*font: -schumacher-clean-*-*-*-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-*''
+==== Disable the scrollbar ====
+''xterm*ScrollBar: off''
+==== No bold font ====
+''xterm*font: fixed''
+==== Fix alt key ====
+''XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true''
+==== Fix backspace ====
+See [[https://hypexr.org/linux_ruboff.html]]
+If you only care about [[emacs]], ''M-x normal-erase-is-backspace-mode''