What's the difference between .Xresources and .Xdefaults?

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Xresources is a user-level configuration dotfile, typically located at ~/.Xresources

Using ~/.Xdefaults is deprecated, so this article will only refer to resources loaded with xrdb

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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    How are these two files connected to xrdb? Should I have both, or just one in my home directory? Do lines like these go in either file?

    XTerm*background: white

URxvt.font: xft:Monospace

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