URXVT is a lightweight terminal emulator, (with an equally excellent page on the Arch Wiki) but I didn’t like the default color set, especially when using WeeChat. Here is why:
After putting the scrollbar on the right, using a larger XFT font, and using the same color set as Gnome Terminal’s “Tango” theme, things look much nicer:
Here’s the .Xresources to do so:
URxvt.background: #300a24 URxvt.foreground: #FFFFFF
URxvt.font: xft:DejaVu Sans Mono:size=12 URxvt.iconFile: /usr/share/icons/Humanity/apps/48/terminal.svg URxvt.scrollBar_right: true
! gnome-terminal Tango theme ! black URxvt.color0 : #2E2E34343636 URxvt.color8 : #555557575353 ! red URxvt.color1 : #CCCC00000000 URxvt.color9 : #EFEF29292929 ! green URxvt.color2 : #4E4E9A9A0606 URxvt.color10 : #8A8AE2E23434 ! yellow URxvt.color3 : #C4C4A0A00000 URxvt.color11 : #FCFCE9E94F4F ! blue URxvt.color4 : #34346565A4A4 URxvt.color12 : #72729F9FCFCF ! magenta URxvt.color5 : #757550507B7B URxvt.color13 : #ADAD7F7FA8A8 ! cyan URxvt.color6 : #060698209A9A URxvt.color14 : #3434E2E2E2E2 ! white URxvt.color7 : #D3D3D7D7CFCF URxvt.color15 : #EEEEEEEEECEC
Copy and paste with URXVT took a bit of getting used to. Without additional setup, it requires using the Xorg paste buffer: selecting text copies; middle (scroll wheel) click pastes.