Use a light yellow cursor as it's more easy to spot than the white cursor.
! Configuration file for X11 programs.
-! Use gray on black with a white cursor in XTerm.
-XTerm*foreground: darkgray
+! Use gray on black with a light yellow cursor in XTerm.
+XTerm*foreground: #cccccc
XTerm*background: black
-XTerm*cursorColor: white
+XTerm*cursorColor: #ffff66
! Use the meta-key as expected by emacs/irssi.
XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
! Make sure XTerm allows send events. Necessary for stumpWM so Ctrl-t t can