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Cenoc
Cenoc

Reputation: 11672

Thin cursor in console vim

I would like to get a thin cursor in console vim - I tried the approaches described in Setting the cursor to a vertical thin line in vim, but that didn't seem to work out, perhaps because they were more meant for gvim.

This is on Linux Mint 17.3 - gnome-terminal v3.6.2

Upvotes: 0

Views: 594

Answers (1)

ronakg
ronakg

Reputation: 4212

This post has detailed steps for most terminals.

http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Change_cursor_shape_in_different_modes

I use iTerm on OS X, so I have following in my vimrc file.

if exists('$TMUX')
    let &t_SI = "\<Esc>Ptmux;\<Esc>\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=1\x7\<Esc>\\"
    let &t_EI = "\<Esc>Ptmux;\<Esc>\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=0\x7\<Esc>\\"
else
    let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=1\x7"
    let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=0\x7"
endif

Upvotes: 2

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