Rxvt ==== `rxvt-unicode` is an advanced and efficient vt102 emulator. Here is a quick guide to configuration in both dom0 and guest VM. Installation ------------ `dnf install rxvt-unicode-256color-ml` will bring both base `rxvt-unicode` and extension. Let me also recommend excellent Terminus font: `dnf install terminus-fonts`. Xresources ---------- In TemplateVM create file `/etc/X11/Xresources.urxvt` and paste config below. `!`-lines are comments and may be left out. `#`-lines are directives to CPP (C preprocessor) and are necessary. This shouldn't go to `/etc/X11/Xresources`, because that file is not preprocessed by default. ~~~ ! CGA colour palette !*color0: #000000 !*color1: #AA0000 !*color2: #00AA00 !*color3: #AA5500 !*color4: #0000AA !*color5: #AA00AA !*color6: #00AAAA !*color7: #AAAAAA !*color8: #555555 !*color9: #FF5555 !*color10: #55FF55 !*color11: #FFFF55 !*color12: #5555FF !*color13: #FF55FF !*color14: #55FFFF !*color15: #FFFFFF ! Qubes' favourite tango palette (improved with cyan) #define TANGO_Butter1 #c4a000 #define TANGO_Butter2 #edd400 #define TANGO_Butter3 #fce94f #define TANGO_Orange1 #ce5c00 #define TANGO_Orange2 #f57900 #define TANGO_Orange3 #fcaf3e #define TANGO_Chocolate1 #8f5902 #define TANGO_Chocolate2 #c17d11 #define TANGO_Chocolate3 #e9b96e #define TANGO_Chameleon1 #4e9a06 #define TANGO_Chameleon2 #73d216 #define TANGO_Chameleon3 #8ae234 #define TANGO_SkyBlue1 #204a87 #define TANGO_SkyBlue2 #3465a4 #define TANGO_SkyBlue3 #729fcf #define TANGO_Plum1 #5c3566 #define TANGO_Plum2 #75507b #define TANGO_Plum3 #ad7fa8 #define TANGO_ScarletRed1 #a40000 #define TANGO_ScarletRed2 #cc0000 #define TANGO_ScarletRed3 #ef2929 #define TANGO_Aluminium1 #2e3436 #define TANGO_Aluminium2 #555753 #define TANGO_Aluminium3 #888a85 #define TANGO_Aluminium4 #babdb6 #define TANGO_Aluminium5 #d3d7cf #define TANGO_Aluminium6 #eeeeec *color0: TANGO_Aluminium1 *color1: TANGO_ScarletRed2 *color2: TANGO_Chameleon1 *color3: TANGO_Chocolate2 *color4: TANGO_SkyBlue1 *color5: TANGO_Plum2 *color6: #06989a *color7: TANGO_Aluminium4 *color8: TANGO_Aluminium3 *color9: TANGO_ScarletRed3 *color10: TANGO_Chameleon3 *color11: TANGO_Butter3 *color12: TANGO_SkyBlue3 *color13: TANGO_Plum3 *color14: #34e2e2 *color15: TANGO_Aluminium6 URxvt.foreground: #E0E0E0 !URxvt.background: black !URxvt.cursorColor: rgb:ffff/0000/0000 URxvt.cursorColor: TANGO_ScarletRed3 !URxvt.font: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2 !URxvt.boldFont: -*-terminus-*-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-2 URxvt.font: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=14:style=Bold URxvt.boldFont: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=14:style=Bold URxvt.italicFont: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=14:style=Regular URxvt.boldItalicFont: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=14:style=Regular URxvt.scrollBar: False URxvt.visualBell: False ! Qubes X11 passthrough does not support those, but in dom0 they are nice. URxvt.background: rgba:0000/0000/0000/afff URxvt.depth: 32 URxvt.urgentOnBell: True ! TODO: write qubes-rpc to handle printing URxvt.print-pipe: cat > $(TMPDIR=$HOME mktemp urxvt.XXXXXX) ! selection-to-clipboard violates ! http://standards.freedesktop.org/clipboards-spec/clipboards-latest.txt [1], ! but it does for greater good: urxvt has no other means to move PRIMARY to ! CLIPBOARD, so Qubes' clipboard won't work without it. Also the rationale given ! in [1] has little relevance to advanced terminal emulator, specifically there ! is no need for w32-style intuition and virtually no need to "paste over". URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,selection-to-clipboard ! Prevent rxvt from entering Keyboard symbols entry mode whenever you press ! ctrl+shift, e.g. to copy or paste something to/from Qubes' clipboard. URxvt.iso14755_52: false URxvt.insecure: False ! some termcap-aware software sometimes throw '$TERM too long' !URxvt.termName: rxvt-256color ~~~ Then create script to automatically merge those to xrdb. File `/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/urxvt.sh`: ~~~ #!/bin/sh [ -r /etc/X11/Xresources.urxvt ] && xrdb -merge /etc/X11/Xresources.urxvt ~~~ Shortcuts --------- For each AppVM, go to *Qubes Manager \> VM Settings \> Applications*. Find `rxvt-unicode` (or `rxvt-unicode (256-color) multi-language`) and add.