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    note that xrdb ~/.Xresources does a full replacement by default, so you will lose anything defined in /etc -- you may want to add the -merge option Commented Feb 1, 2021 at 19:56
  • @graywh The downside of -merge is that it will also preserve now-removed resources, potentially confusing some users when performing tests. Not all X sessions load the /etc/X11/... resources—mine does not—, so I went for no -merge. Thank you for the useful comment. Commented Feb 2, 2021 at 11:59
  • I forgot about -override -- that's probably what I've used in the past Commented Feb 5, 2021 at 22:07
  • Hey! In your first example you say that we have to map Ctrl-Shift-x to CSI 88;5 u. Shouldn't the modifier value be 6 instead of 5? Commented May 22, 2023 at 10:39
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    @AlexR, this bit is indeed a bit confusing, but no: 88 is uppercase X. You could use CSI 120;6 u though (120 is lowercase x). But in the end it doesn't really matter. Commented May 22, 2023 at 17:30