On 31 July 2010 16:11, Andy Koppe wrote: > 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. >> >> 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?
Turns out there's a global Windows setting for the cursor width, at Control Panel -> Accessibility Options -> Display (that's where it is in XP anyway). Trouble is, mintty doesn't support it, but fixing that will address the issue without having to introduce a new option, so that's what I'll do. 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
