This is from my file where I configure the cursor for MacVim, probably works under windows too. You can either add it to your vimrc file or put it in a separate file and source it from there. or this will give ideas on where in help to look.
``` " Customize Cursor Settings " " Set cursor to be just an underline" " set guicursor=n-c:hor20,v:hor25,ve:ver35,o:hor50,i-ci:ver25,\r-cr:hor35-ErrorMsg,sm:block set guicursor =n-c:hor25 " normal and cmdline mode set guicursor+=v:hor30 " visual mode set guicursor+=ve:ver35 " visual with selection set guicursor+=o:hor50 " operator pending set guicursor+=i-ci:ver35 " insert mode set guicursor+=r-cr:hor30-ErrorMsg " replace and cmdline replace set guicursor+=sm:block " showmatch in insert mode set guicursor+=a:blinkwait300-blinkon300-blinkoff300 " all modes " suggested by John Little " set guicursor=a:blinkwait200-blinkon200-blinkoff200 highlight Cursor guibg=#0F8F0F highlight lCursor guibg=#A000A0 " where is this used? ``` On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 3:08:02 AM UTC-4 meine wrote: > On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 03:48:35PM -0400, 'Susan McElheny' via vim_use > wrote: > > I've used the Vi editor on Unix for over 30 years and had to recently > > switched my software to Windows so I am now using Vim on my c:drive. I'm > > confused about how to change settings. When I do a search all the items > > are highlighted but there is no indicator for which word in the search I > am > > currently on. How do make Vim indicate which search word I'm currently > on? > > This looks like the colour of your cursor is the same as the > selection/marking of the word that you search. > > Changing the colour of the cursor isn't that hard: > > * Find out what colorscheme you use. This might be in your .vimrc, but > * can also be found with the `:color` command; > > * Open that color-file in ~/.vim/colors/ or alike; > > * J to the lines that define the colour of your cursor and change the > * one for selections to a different value. You can use a colour value > * that is used in another setting. Just try something that is completely > * different, e.g. yellow instead of blue; > > * Preferrably save the changed color file under a different name. I > * changed `nighted.vim` to `nighted_16b` for that reason. Set that new > * colorscheme as your default. The new name prevents the customized file > * to be overwritten at an update or so in future. (my '16b' has something > * to do with the use of 16 colours in TTY). > > Hope this helps you! > > KR, > > //meine > -- -- 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 vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/7b2bc63c-a648-442e-b195-248b7a6b28ban%40googlegroups.com.
