On (00:08 29/12/08), Ben Schmidt <[email protected]> put forth the 
proposition:
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>Dave Wood wrote:
>> I have been using an escape code in my ~/.bashrc to make the cursor into a
>> block, which is much easier to see when searching through man pages etc.
>
>I presume you're on a Unix-like system. If you're on Windows, perhaps
>'guicursor' is relevant. But, assuming you're not...

Linux.

>
>What's the escape code?

echo -ne "\033[?06;14;224c"

>You need to put it into the t_SI and/or t_EI options much like shown at
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>       :help termcap-cursor-shape
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>i.e. with something like
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>       let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;purple\x7"
>       let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;blue\x7"

I will expermiment with these, thanks.

>but obviously with more shape than colour-related escapes.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Ben.
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