From: Andy Koppe <andy.koppe@gmail.com>
To: Cygwin Tech List <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Subject: Re: Request for a thicker line cursor in Mintty
Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:43:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTin7QAme6DXspzP6pR0NzTjVdHkXpsRbSPM45wRY@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin_EEWBM3eRvLJWfbV3o-v4CDLs9vqzS1uboHb2@mail.gmail.com>
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
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Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-31 15:11 JOHNER Jean 066030
2010-07-31 17:20 ` Andy Koppe
2010-08-01 9:43 ` Andy Koppe [this message]
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2010-08-01 14:03 JOHNER Jean 066030
2010-08-02 12:01 ` Andy Koppe
2010-07-29 20:38 JOHNER Jean 066030
2010-07-29 21:21 ` Andy Koppe
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