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Date:      Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:28:34 +0200
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Parv <parv@pair.com>
Cc:        Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach <johannes-maria@t-online.de>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vim and cursor-over-"chars" question
Message-ID:  <20140910152834.3aa4f6f6.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20140910131448.GA1574@holstein.holy.cow>
References:  <mailman.77.1410350402.62559.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> <20140910132008.GA1958@localhost> <20140910131448.GA1574@holstein.holy.cow>

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On Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:14:48 -1000, Parv wrote:
> in message <20140910132008.GA1958@localhost>,
> wrote Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach thusly...
> >
> ...
> > or you can set this xterm configuration in your .vimrc:
> >
> > for cursor in command mode:
> >
> > let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;orange\x7"
> >
> > and in insert mode:
> >
> > let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;orange\x7"
> >
> > where you can choose a different colour.
> 
> Thanks much, Johannes-Maria.
> 
> Only thing is that cursor color (with which xterm was started) is
> not restored after editing or opening a file in vim. I can live with
> that.

This is correct, and the setting does not apply to gvim.
Otherwise it works nicely in xterm.


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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