A minimal but useful Xterm configuration file.

.Xresources

! Make communicating with other applications via the clipboard easy
xterm*selectToClipboard: true

! Important - if you leave out 'renderFont', 'faceName' and such won't work. See:
! https://superuser.com/questions/463414/how-to-get-truetype-fonts-to-display-in-xterm-from-a-xresources-file/575108#575108
xterm*renderFont: true
xterm*faceName: monospace
xterm*faceSize: 20

! Some sample configuration settings, to test whether xterm was
! responding to the 'xrdb' command.
xterm*foreground: rgb:ff/ff/ff
xterm*background: rgb:00/00/00