using MASTER 600 again, it is definately better, and using urxvtc for the moment (it doesn't flickers on refreshes, but this is not because of Marc Lehmann, it is because of the original rxvt code)

config.arg.h

@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ const char *tags[] = { "dev", "work", "net", "fnord", NULL };
 #define STATUSBGCOLOR		"#222222"
 #define STATUSFGCOLOR		"#9999cc"
 
-#define MASTER			550 /* per thousand */
+#define MASTER			600 /* per thousand */
 #define MODKEY			Mod1Mask
 
 #define KEYS \
 static Key key[] = { \
 	/* modifier			key		function	arguments */ \
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,		XK_Return,	spawn, \
-		{ .cmd = "exec uxterm -bg '#111111' -fg '#eeeeee' -cr '#eeeeee' +sb -fn '"FONT"'" } }, \
+		{ .cmd = "exec urxvtc -bg '#111111' -fg '#eeeeee' -cr '#eeeeee' +sb -fn '"FONT"'" } }, \
 	{ MODKEY,			XK_p,		spawn, \
 		{ .cmd = "exe=\"$(lsx `echo $PATH | sed 's/:/ /g'` | sort -u " \
 			" | dmenu -font '"FONT"' -normbg '"NORMBGCOLOR"' -normfg '"NORMFGCOLOR"' " \