[dev] [st] how do cursor colors work?

From: Paul Swanson <psw_AT_protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2020 21:59:58 +0000

Hi,

I'm trying to understand how the cursor coloring works in st. Maybe someone can kindly help.

In Vim, I was previously able to change cursor color, based on Vim mode, with the following use of op codes and the OSC patch, for example:

    let &t_SI = "\<Esc>[6 q\<Esc>]12;yellow\x7"

However, I'm now trying to set cursor colors in NeoVim, which doesn't support the old Vim style 't_SI' method for setting op codes.
NeoVim help boldly claims that it "treats the terminal as any other UI", but its 'modern' cursor coloring just doesn't work in st, as best I can tell.

Are there methods other than OSC escape codes for setting cursor color? If so, what are they and does st support them?

Thanks,

Paul Swanson
Received on Wed Oct 07 2020 - 23:59:58 CEST