On (16:03 28/12/08), Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]> put forth the proposition: > >On 28/12/08 15:49, Dave Wood wrote: >> On (14:35 28/12/08), Dave Wood<[email protected]> put forth the >> proposition: >>> On (00:08 29/12/08), Ben Schmidt<[email protected]> put forth >>> the proposition: >>>> 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 >>>> >>>> :help termcap-cursor-shape >>>> >>>> i.e. with something like >>>> >>>> let&t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;purple\x7" >>>> let&t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;blue\x7" >>> I will expermiment with these, thanks. >> >> These codes just freak out vim. They print something in the status error >> and leave bits of text in whichever window I'm working in. I presume that >> this is because in the help section for termcap-cursor-shape they are used >> for xterm. I am using the plain linux console without X at the moment. >> >>>> but obviously with more shape than colour-related escapes. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Ben. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> Help stamp out and abolish redundancy. >>> >>> >>> > >If you make sure these codes are undefined, Console Vim will never >change the cursor shape. This is the default and that's why I mentioned >a possible system vimrc in my reply of a few minutes ago. If such a >system vimrc exists, you can override it by > > if has('unix') && !has('gui_running') > set t_SI= t_EI= > endif
Might just as well set then undefined then. There is one thing I noticed - if my TERM is set to 'linux' it changes cursor, but if I use xterm-xf86-v40 it doesn't change the cursor. > > >Best regards, >Tony. >-- >Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, >for these only gave life, those the art of living well. > -- Aristotle > > -- A recent study has found that concentrating on difficult off-screen objects, such as the faces of loved ones, causes eye strain in computer scientists. Researchers into the phenomenon cite the added concentration needed to "make sense" of such unnatural three dimensional objects ... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
