On 12.10.15 02:03, Paul wrote: > I'm using X-windows on cygwin...but I'm wondering if you and I are > talking about the same kind of window. I'm referring specifically to > a vim window.
Ahh, I've found Vim's split windows so abhorrently restrictive (they show so little of the text), that I forgot they existed. Flipping between full-sized buffers shows so much more. I suppose I do use one when invoking :help. In that case, a bright red solid rectangular cursor is an unmissable beacon against yellow text on a darkslategrey background. No detection aids are necessary, I find. (It's only a faint red outline when X11 focus is lost, or disappears entirely when switching to another Vim split window.) What I'm using is just: " Cursor Appearance and behaviour: " (Insert_Mode == Green, Normal_Mode == Red) if &term =~ "xterm" let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;green\x7" let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7" endif OK, if in insert mode, the light green might take a moment longer to pick up if there's a lot of cigar smoke in the room, but hitting the space bar to make it move overcomes that. (Useful too if Vim's spellchecking has been invoked, and a window is full of scraps of red. Briefly entering insert mode, to make the cursor green, is an alternative instant highlighter in that case.) I find that with my eyes broadly focused on the whole monitor, such motion is immediately detected. Erik -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
