Thanks Yegappan! In what I believe to be stock install, I wrongly assumed redhat's xterm was OK, as xterm -v gave X.Org 6.8.2(192), from which I assumed the patchlevel = 192.
:help xterm-blink, mentions patchlevel above 107 would work. At any rate, downloading as suggested updated the version to X.Org 6.8.2(223) and now preserves beloved blink. YES! Craig --- Yegappan Lakshmanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > On 1/15/07, Craig Westwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Before a vim session, my xterm prompt cursor > blinks > > nicely :), as noted via the vt100 menu > > (ctrl-middleMouse-"Enable Blinking Cursor") - > checked. > > > > As soon as vim in an xterm starts, the blinking > stops. > > > > After exiting the edit session, prompt cursor > blinking > > is off, confirmed by the vt100 menu item above, > now > > unchecked. Rechecking the item restores blinking. > > > > In vim, > > :set t_mb? > > gives t_mb=^[[5m > > > > Tried uncommenting all lines in my .vimrc, no > luck. > > root's vi 6.3.82 kills xterm's blinking as well. > > > > Problem does not occur in either console or > Konsole. > > > > lynx (text base web browser) preserves blink in > xterm, > > mutt does not. > > > > I don't see this problem with XFree86 Xterm as > mentioned > under the following Vim help topic: > > :help xterm-blinking-cursor > > I obtained XFree86 xterm from Thomas Dickey's page: > > http://dickey.his.com/xterm/xterm.html > > - Yegappan > ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail
