Enable block cursor

[osa1]

As far as I understand neovim-qt ignores guicursor settings and uses a bar cursor in insert mode. It'd be great if existing guicursor settings worked, or alternatively, if neovim-qt provided its own settings for using block cursor.

[osa1]

Any hope for this? Ping @equalsraf

I'm not happy with my terminal's (st) rendering speed. neovim-qt is much better, but the line cursor is making it unusable for me.

[osa1]

diff --git a/src/gui/shell.cpp b/src/gui/shell.cpp
index 526ec5c..498fdd1 100644
--- a/src/gui/shell.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/shell.cpp
@@ -593,10 +593,7 @@ void Shell::paintEvent(QPaintEvent *ev)
 		bool wide = contents().constValue(m_cursor_pos.y(),
 						m_cursor_pos.x()).doubleWidth;
 		QRect cursorRect(neovimCursorTopLeft(), cellSize());
-
-		if (m_insertMode) {
-			cursorRect.setWidth(2);
-		} else if (wide) {
+        if (!m_insertMode && wide) {
 			cursorRect.setWidth(cursorRect.width()*2);
 		}
 		QPainter painter(this);

This fixes it for me.

[justinmk]

Note that nvim 0.2 has mode_info_set UI event so guicursor option can be supported by UIs.

[jgehrig]

The guicursor option is now supported as of Pull #520. It is available as of v0.2.16 and the only cursor in master.

Marking as closed.