Juha Erkkila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 03:15:28PM +0200, Leonard Stiles wrote: > > Juha Erkkila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i'm looking for a way i can get rid of the blinking underline cursor > > > on console screen. i'm wishing to have something like a red > > > non-blinking block, something that can be achieved with: > > > > > > echo -e '\033[?17;7;64c' > > > > > > the problem is that programs like mutt and vim are happy to reset the > > > cursor back to the usual blinking one. can the cursor somehow be > > > permanently set to some other shape? or rather, is it easy? > > > > If you are using bash, you can put the above echo command in the shell > > variable PROMPT_COMMAND, causing it to be run immediately before the > > shell prints a prompt. > > that's a nice idea, however it doesn't help with vim and maybe some > other buddies. i also like to use screen, which is one of those > programs that interferes with cursor changes. but thus it also might > provide me with some solution. thanks anyway, i didn't know that a > variable of that kind exists
Sorry, I misunderstood your question; I thought you were looking for a way to keep the red cursor *after* you leave vim etc. Possibly mutt, vim and co. can each be configured to use a particular style of cursor? -- Leonard Stiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
