.Xdefaults on mac

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## TERMINAL KEY SETTINGS
## Adjust to OSX Terminal.app behaviour
*VT100.translations: #override\
     <Key>Prior:                  scroll-back(1,pages) \n\
     <Key>Next:                   scroll-forw(1,pages)\n\
     Meta <KeyPress> K:           clear-saved-lines() \n\
     Meta <KeyUp> K:              send-signal(int) \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> P:           print() \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> minus:       smaller-vt-font() \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> KP_Subtract: smaller-vt-font() \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> plus:        larger-vt-font() \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> KP_Add:      larger-vt-font() \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> C:           select-cursor-start() \
                                  select-cursor-end(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> V:           insert-selection(PRIMARY, CUT_BUFFER0) \n\
     Meta <KeyPress> M:           iconify() \n\


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*XTerm*deleteIsDEL:               true
     xterm*saveLines:             10000
     xterm*scrollBar:             true
     xterm*rightScrollBar:        false
     xterm*jumpScroll:            true

     xterm*cursorColor:           red
     xterm*colorBD:               darkblue
     xterm*colorBDMode:           true
     xterm*highlightColor:        yellow

     xterm*Background:            #e8ebf0
     xterm*Foreground:            Black
	 xterm*font:                  *-fixed-*-*-*-15-*


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This makes X11 xterm just like the terminal.app. It enables the key shortcuts like cmd-k, cmd-+, cmd-- and others I don't understand yet. Another thing to do is modify the preference of X11 on mac, specify the command by

xterm -fa "Andale mono" -fs 10 &

to have a nice x11 window.

Then, I write the xterm startup command in my ~/.xinitrc file like this:

xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &

If Apple X11 don't read your .Xdefaults file by default (it does in my case), try by writing in your ~/.xinitrc file:

xrdb ~/.Xdefaults

There are a lot of options in xterm, check man xterm for more, or look the html version with:

open /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/xterm.1.html or launch -l /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/html/xterm.1.html

An important reference about X11 on mac