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08-18-2012, 02:30 PM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
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cursor in vim / urxvt
I'm playing with my .vimrc
I'd like to change the shape of the cursor in vim (urxvt). I've found the following:
Code:
if &term =~ "xterm\\|rxvt"
" use an orange cursor in insert mode
let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;orange\x7"
" use a red cursor otherwise
let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7"
silent !echo -ne "\033]12;red\007"
" reset cursor when vim exits
autocmd VimLeave * silent !echo -ne "\033]112\007"
" use \003]12;gray\007 for gnome-terminal
endif
And changing the cursor shape.
Code:
if &term =~ '^xterm'
" solid underscore
let &t_SI .= "\<Esc>[4 q"
" solid block
let &t_EI .= "\<Esc>[2 q"
" 1 or 0 -> blinking block
" 3 -> blinking underscore
endif
It works fine for xterm, but I can't get it work in urxvt. I've changed the following:
Code:
if &term =~ "xterm\\|rxvt"
to "urxvt", "Urxvt", "^urxvt", "rxvt", "rxvt-unicode" but have no luck.
That's my .Xresources
Code:
XTerm*faceName: Inconsolata
XTerm*faceSize: 13
XTerm*cursorBlink: true
XTerm*cursorUnderLine: true
XTerm*saveLines: 32768
XTerm*locale: true
XTerm*utf8: 1
XTerm*termName: xterm-256color
XTerm*autoWrap: true
Xft.dpi: 96
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: lcddefault
Xft.rgba: rgb
Xft.autohint: 0
URxvt.font: xft:Inconsolata:pixelsize=17
URxvt.saveLines: 65535
URxvt.scrollBar: false
URxvt.depth: 32
URxvt*cursorUnderline: true
URxvt*termName: rxvt-unicode-256color
URxvt.perl-ext-common: default,matcher
URxvt*urlLauncher: /usr/bin/firefox
URxvt.matcher.button: 1
URxvt.internalBorder: 0
Rxvt*cursorBlink: true
Rxvt*visualBell: true
# Enabling Ctrl/Alt + arro keys for vim
URxvt.keysym.M-Up: \033[1;3A
URxvt.keysym.M-Down: \033[1;3B
URxvt.keysym.M-Right: \033[1;3C
URxvt.keysym.M-Left: \033[1;3D
URxvt.keysym.M-Prior: \033[5;3~
URxvt.keysym.M-Next: \033[6;3~
URxvt.keysym.M-End: \033[1;3F
URxvt.keysym.M-Home: \033[1;3H
URxvt.keysym.C-Up: \033[1;5A
URxvt.keysym.C-Down: \033[1;5B
URxvt.keysym.C-Right: \033[1;5C
URxvt.keysym.C-Left: \033[1;5D
URxvt.keysym.C-Prior: \033[5;5~
URxvt.keysym.C-Next: \033[6;5~
URxvt.keysym.C-End: \033[1;5F
URxvt.keysym.C-Home: \033[1;5H
Thank you. |
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08-21-2012, 04:44 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Distribution: Debian Squeeze (server), Slackware 13.37 (netbook), Slackware64 14.0 (desktop),
Posts: 8,357
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Replying because nobody else has ...
Perhaps the &t_* settings do not work with urxvt. Perhaps &term is none of the values tried so far.
The &t_* settings could be tested with urxvt by removing the conditional test -- either by removing the if and endif lines or by adding an else.
Alternatively it should (TM) be possible to make vim display the value of &term. Could it be the value set by URxvt*termName: rxvt-unicode-256color ?
All of this would be trivial to investigate with a knowledge of the scripting language vim uses in .vimrc but my attempts to find a reference for it have found only bewilderingly complex examples of using it and nothing about the language itself.
Last edited by catkin; 08-21-2012 at 04:45 AM.
Reason: sense
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08-21-2012, 05:02 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
Original Poster
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Thanks. I'm at work now but I'll check it in the evening. Why didn't I think about it before? It makes sense:
1. It doesn't have to be a conditional statement.
2. I didn't see the correlation between the name set in .Xresources and the script.
I'll check it later.
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08-21-2012, 03:11 PM
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#4
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
Original Poster
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It seems urxvt does not support vim's &t_* settings. I changed the name to the one mentioned in .Xresources with no luck. Then I removed the conditional bits and it works with xterm and sakura but still has no effect on urxvt. Interestingly enough it works in rxvt. How different are rxvt and rxvt-unicode?
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08-24-2012, 03:56 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Distribution: Debian Squeeze (server), Slackware 13.37 (netbook), Slackware64 14.0 (desktop),
Posts: 8,357
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AFAIK urxvt is very similar to rxvt apart from the Unicode extensions.
The best place to ask the current question might be the urxvt mailing list. Subscription is via http://lists.schmorp.de/mailman/listinfo/rxvt-unicode. In case it has been answered before it would be worth searching the mailing list archive at http://lists.schmorp.de/pipermail/rxvt-unicode/ |
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08-25-2012, 09:14 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
Original Poster
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Quote:
Originally Posted by catkin
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Thanks catkin. I've already tried to subscribe to their mailing list twice. I have been waiting for any kind of confirmation for 2 days. A couple of hours ago I /joined their irc channel. I'm still the only person there.
Having said that, I've found a solution. Since rxvt and urxvt differ only in the unicode bit, it must have been something in my config that stopped urxvt from executing the script. I've done what I should've done in the first place, ie. comment out the urxvt entries in .Xresources. As one can guess, the culprit was:
Code:
URxvt*cursorUnderline: true
Cheers
sycamorex |
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09-08-2012, 04:51 AM
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LQ 5k Club
Registered: Dec 2008
Location: Tamil Nadu, India
Distribution: Debian Squeeze (server), Slackware 13.37 (netbook), Slackware64 14.0 (desktop),
Posts: 8,357
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Glad you found the solution 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sycamorex
Thanks catkin. I've already tried to subscribe to their mailing list twice. I have been waiting for any kind of confirmation for 2 days.
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Sorry -- I can't remember how the procedure went but do not recall any trouble. Maybe there was no confirmation; have you tried posting to the mailing list? I am happy to try to help if you like; contact via this thread or LQ PM. |
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09-08-2012, 08:50 AM
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LQ Veteran
Registered: Nov 2005
Location: London
Distribution: Slackware64-current
Posts: 5,089
Original Poster
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Thanks catkin. The confirmation was delayed by afair 3 days. In the end I received 2 confirmation emails.
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