On 23:53 Sun 30 Sep , Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > Dominique Pelle wrote: > > > Bram Moolenaar wrote: > > > > > Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > > > >> On 30.09.12 11:12, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > >> > Where in the fine manual is it mentioned how to change the colour of > > >> > the cursor and the colour of the matching parenthesis / bracket for > > >> > all file types? I have tried ":h cursor color" and several other > > >> > phrases, the only relevant one that I found it "h color" which did not > > >> > lead me to the answer. I have tried "highlight MatchParen cterm=bold > > >> > ctermfg=red ctermbg=blue" but this did not change the colour of the > > >> > matching parenthesis or bracket. > > >> > > >> For the cursor, I just set the initial colour in the xterm: > > >> > > >> col='-fg yellow -bg darkslategrey -cr red' # Colours > > >> /usr/bin/xterm $col # and lots more options. > > >> > > >> In Vim, I then only change the cursor colour to indicate whether we're > > >> in insert mode or not, without having to look down at the status bar: > > >> > > >> " Cursor Appearance: (Insert_Mode == Green, Normal_Mode == Red) > > >> if &term =~ "xterm" > > >> let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;green\x7" > > >> let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7" > > >> endif > > >> > > >> But the method could be used in other contexts, I guess. > > >> > > >> As regards MatchParen colouring, I've only made sure that is turned > > >> off, since it drove me nuts when I tried it. The bouncing cursor is more > > >> than enough. > > > > > > I also use a different cursor color for Insert mode. It's nice, but > > > recently it has started to cause terminal window flicker. I asked > > > Thomas Dickey and he blames Ubuntu Compiz. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and > > > an automatic update about a month ago started the problem. It first > > > happened after a reboot, one of the updates before that must have caused > > > it. > > > > > > Still don't know how to fix it. It gets a bit annoying. Searching for > > > Ubuntu screen flicker has many hits, but I haven't spotted the right one > > > yet. > > > > > > I also use different colors for the cursor in insert mode > > vs normal mode with xubuntu-12.04 (with all updates) > > and I have not noticed any flicker. Perhaps you can > > try whether installing xfce solves your flicker issue: > > > > 1/ sudo apt-get update > > 2/ sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop > > 3/ Log out. > > 4/ Select xfce to login > > > > I remember having very slow refresh and flicker > > in vim a long time ago, and solved it at the time > > by installing the latest Nvidia driver. > > I'm using ATI/AMD. I tried installing their proprietery driver. > Resulted in my desktop being 640 x 480 :-( Then running the > display manager to change the resulution has the OK button off-screen. > AAAaaaargggg! Managed to hit it by pressing Tab the right number of > times. > > Well, the flicker is less, it's just so short now that it is hardly > noticeable. But the flicker is still there. > > -- > Sorry, no fortune today. > > /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ > /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ > \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// > \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org ///
The flickering seems to be not just Ubuntu problem. I am running Gentoo and can observe it here. As a terminal I use uxterm (version 279). Best regards, Marcin -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
