X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,T_TO_NO_BRKTS_FREEMAIL X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1299EF3181B10F479D85C328013285240331C4C8@THEZE.intra.cea.fr> References: <1299EF3181B10F479D85C328013285240331C4C8@THEZE.intra.cea.fr> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:15:51 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Request for a thicker line cursor in Mintty From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 29 July 2010 21:33, 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. > Could Andy envisage to give it some thickness Envisage? Yes. Implement? No, not unless there's substantial demand for it. 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