-! 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: black
+Term*cursorColor: #ffff66
+
+! Use the meta-key as expected by emacs/irssi.