/.xresources

r@fedora:~$ cat ~/.Xresources 
xterm*vt100.background: black
xterm*vt100.foreground: white

! Enable standard Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Shift+V in xterm
XTerm*VT100.Translations: #override \n\
    Ctrl Shift <Key>C: copy-selection(CLIPBOARD) \n\
    Ctrl Shift <Key>V: insert-selection(CLIPBOARD)

! Automatically sync mouse selections to the system clipboard
XTerm*selectToClipboard: true

! Use TrueType fonts and enable anti-aliasing
!XTerm*faceName: Monospace
XTerm*faceName: Courier
XTerm*faceSize: 11

! Hide the retro gray scrollbar on the left
XTerm*scrollBar: false

! Force xterm to fill the entire window geometry
!XTerm*VT100.marginBell: false
!XTerm*VT100.autoWrap: true
!XTerm*textToEdge: true
!XTerm*dynamicWidth: true

! Force xterm to calculate the true pixel width of TrueType fonts
!XTerm*forceBoxChars: true
!XTerm*fastFont: false
!XTerm*fontWarnings: false

! Prevent xterm from overestimating character cell spacing
!XTerm*scaleHeight: 1.0

user@fedora:~$