enable real transparency in urxvt with compton

[config/dotfiles.git] / Xdefaults.in

diff --git a/Xdefaults.in b/Xdefaults.in
index ada9b1066d2579c4755d5f7d42e4abb4d710933a..f2938b4ad66ecf9200b942888a9c76a06a47b9d4 100644 (file)
--- a/Xdefaults.in
+++ b/Xdefaults.in
@@ -1,15 +1,78 @@
 ! Configuration file for X11 programs.
+!
+! It is designed to work with xterm and rxvt (and their unicode variants).
+!
+! "Term" is an alias for all supported terminal emulators; it is automatically
+! replaced by setup.sh.
 
+! Copyright (C) 2011-2014  Simon Ruderich
+!
+! This file is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+! it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+! the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+! (at your option) any later version.
+!
+! This file is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+! but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+! MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+! GNU General Public License for more details.
+!
+! You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+! along with this file.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-! Use gray on black with a white cursor in XTerm.
-XTerm*foreground: darkgray
-XTerm*background: black
-XTerm*cursorColor: white
-! Use the meta-key as expected by emacs.
+
+! Use gray on black with a light yellow cursor in terminals.
+Term*foreground:  #cccccc
+Term*background:  #000000
+Term*cursorColor: #ffff66
+
+! Special case for urxvt to get transparent background. This requires a
+! compositing manager which supports transparency like compton. Thanks to eto
+! and adaedra in #herblstuftwm on Freenode (2014-05-04 15:50 ff) for their
+! awesome help regarding transparency.
+Rxvt*background: [90]#000000
+! Necessary for transparency, see man page.
+Rxvt*depth: 32
+
+! Disable the scrollback buffer. I use screen/tmux so it is not necessary.
+XTerm*saveLines: 0
+Rxvt*saveLines:  0
+
+! Use the meta-key as expected by emacs/irssi.
 XTerm*metaSendsEscape: true
+
+! Use 256 colors in XTerm.
+XTerm.termName: xterm-256color
+
 ! Make sure XTerm allows send events. Necessary for stumpWM so Ctrl-t t can
 ! send a Ctrl-t to the application running in XTerm. Thanks to [df] in
 ! #stumpwm on Freenode (2009-05-18 22:05).
-XTerm*allowSendEvents: true
+!XTerm*allowSendEvents: true
+
+! Enable pseudo transparency. Only used if compton is not available.
+!NO_COMPTON Rxvt*transparent: true
+!NO_COMPTON Rxvt*shading:     10
+
+! Do not use any perl extension scripts.
+Rxvt*perl-ext-common:
+
+! Main console colors.
+Term*color0:  #000000
+Term*color1:  #ff0000
+Term*color2:  #00ff00
+Term*color3:  #ffff00
+Term*color4:  #0000ff
+Term*color5:  #ff00ff
+Term*color6:  #00ffff
+Term*color7:  #ffffff
+! Bold console colors.
+Term*color8:  #404040
+Term*color9:  #ff4040
+Term*color10: #40ff40
+Term*color11: #ffff40
+Term*color12: #4040ff
+Term*color13: #ff40ff
+Term*color14: #40ffff
+Term*color15: #cccccc
 
 ! vim: ft=xdefaults