On 31 July 2010 15:24, JOHNER Jean 066030 wrote: >>> I use Mintty with the following options: >>> Background: white, Foreground: black, Text: Fixedsys 9 pts, Cursor: >>> line. >>> >>> With such options, vim with default unix .vimrc colors looks great in >>> insert mode. However the cursor appears to be a little too thin in my >>> opinion (sometimes difficult to find on the screen). >> >> It's the standard Windows cursor, same as you get in any other Windows >> application. Try the block or underscore cursors for something more >> substantial. > > The line cursor is well adapted for insert mode (gvim switches from > block to line cursor when insert mode is activated).
Btw, you can have a mode-dependent cursor in vim running in mintty as well. See the TIPS section of 'man mintty' for details. > Indeed, the Mintty line cursor is also used by WordPad but Word uses a > thicker cursor (probably for the same reasons as mine). Hmm, good point, I hadn't noticed that. Same in OpenOffice Writer as well. Do you want to enter an enhancement issue at http://code.google.com/p/mintty/issues? Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
