Change cursor color in different modes
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Tip 746 Previous Next Created: June 16, 2004 Complexity: basic Author: legba Version: 5.7
Sometimes I think I am in insert mode and start writing, then I realize I was in some other mode when weird thing happen. So I've set a different color and blinking rate for insert mode and other modes to see at a glance in what mode I am (works only with GUI):
highlight Cursor guifg=white guibg=black highlight iCursor guifg=white guibg=steelblue set guicursor=n-v-c:block-Cursor set guicursor+=i:ver100-iCursor set guicursor+=n-v-c:blinkon0-Cursor set guicursor+=i:blinkwait20-iCursor
See :help 'guicursor' for more options.
