On Sunday 30 September 2018 08:17, Cameron Simpson <[email protected]> put forth the proposition: > On 28Sep2018 23:06, David Woodfall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Friday 28 September 2018 17:44, > > Patrick Shanahan <[email protected]> put forth the proposition: > > > * David Woodfall <[email protected]> [09-28-18 17:37]: > > > > In the (framebuffer) console I've used the standard escape codes to > > > > set a small 1/3 block cursor to make it more visible, and softened > > > > the colours to not be so stark. They were a bit of a headache > > > > before, and the normal cursor is very hard to see. > > > > > > > > Unfortunately, when I start mutt everything resets back to the > > > > defaults. I only see a couple of settings regarding the cursor, but > > > > they don't seem to help. I've tried running with a -F /dev/null so > > > > it doesn't seem to be something in my config. Is there any way of > > > > avoiding this? > > > > > > > > In screen it's not so bad, but the cursor resets even just switching > > > > to the window where mutt is running. The colours remain as they were > > > > though. > > > > > > > > The cursor code I use is: > > > > > > > > printf '\e[?3c' > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > your chosen terminal is undoubted the cause. I run a tmux session on my > > > server and attach to it remotely usually via yakuake(konsole) but have not > > > made any effort to change the cursor. > > > > > > you have pretty well removed mutt from the equasion using "-F /dev/null". > > > > I'm using the vanilla linux console (i.e. no X and 16 colours) plus screen. > > Don't really have a lot of choice. > > Does the behaviour persist if you don't use screen? I'm wondering if screen's > terminal management is > reseting your cursor change. > > Conversely, does the behaviour occur if you use screen but don't use mutt > (but _do_ use some other curses > programme like vim inside screen)? > > Just trying to isolate where the reset is coming from. And I don't have a > convenient linux framebuffer > console to test against (though I should set one up). > > When we know where the reset comes from maybe we can devise a workaround. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <[email protected]>
It's worse without screen:
console: both colours and cursor reset
screen: only cursor resets
Screen on its own is fine with my cursor and colours. I'm using
screen 99% of the time.
Vim also resets the cursor, but the colours are fine, both in and out
of screen.
Cheers
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Dave
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