.Xresources GNU Emacs settings

Author: John M. Gabriele
Date: May 2007
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If you're looking for ideas on what might go into your ~/.Xresources file for GNU Emacs, here's some that Peter Dyballa passed on to me. Note that lines beginning with a '!' are comments.

Emacs*font:             -*-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-m-*-iso10646-1
Emacs*geometry:                 97x53+111+11
Emacs*Title:                    "Pete's Latschen"
Emacs*iconName:                 emacs@Latsche
Emacs*Background:               AliceBlue
Emacs*Foreground:               Black
Emacs*BorderColor:              aquamarine
!Emacs.borderWidth:             3
Emacs*BorderWidth:              2
Emacs*cursorColor:              OrangeRed2
Emacs*pointerColor:             DarkOrchid4
Emacs*bitmapIcon:               on
Emacs.shell*background:         MintCream
Emacs.menu*.font:       -*-lucida-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs.menu*.background:         PapayaWhip
!Emacs.menu*.foreground:        DarkGreen
Emacs.menu.attributeForeground: DarkRed
Emacs.menu.attributeBackground: lavender
!Emacs.menubar.font:    -*-lucida-bold-i-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs.dialog*.font:     -*-new century schoolbook-bold-r-*-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs.dialog*.background:       RosyBrown
Emacs.dialog*.foreground:       MediumSpringGreen
Emacs*Dialog*background:        Red
Emacs.scrollBarBackground:      midnightblue
Emacs*popup.font:       -*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
!Emacs*menubar.font:    -*-*-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs*popup.background:         Pink
Emacs*menubar.background:       Cyan
Emacs*menubar.buttonForeground: Blue
Emacs*menubar*Font:     -*-lucidabright-demibold-r-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
!!--emacs.pane.menubar.font:  -misc-fixed-medium-r-
normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-8
!!--emacs.menu.popup.font:    -misc-fixed-medium-r-
normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-8
Emacs*paneFont:         -*-gill sans-bold-r-*-*-0-0-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs.paneFont:         -*-chalkboard-medium-r-*-*-0-0-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Emacs.selectionFont:    -*-bodoni svtytwo sc itc tt-medium-r-*-*-0-0-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1
Emacs.pane.font:                -*-baskerville-semi bold-r-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs.pane.menubar.font:        -*-utopia-bold-r-*-*-11-*-*-*-*-*-iso10646-1
Emacs.pane.menubar.buttonForeground:    blue
Emacs.pane.menubar.background:  cornsilk
Emacs.pane.menubar.foreground:  DarkOrange4
Emacs.pane.menubar.shadowThickness:     3
Emacs.pane.menubar.margin:              2
Emacs.mode-line.attributeForeground: yellow
Emacs.mode-line.attributeBackground: midnightblue