Powershell : Cursor shape does not recover after exiting vim

[PrashanthaTP]

Issue Description

After exiting vim cursor is in block state itself

Expected

More Info

• Vim cursor can't be changed microsoft/terminal#4335

[PrashanthaTP]

helpful links :

• restore default cursor shape after exit neovim/neovim#4867
• Consider supporting [extension to VT,] DECSCUSR "0" to restore cursor to user default to help vim/others microsoft/terminal#1604
• Make certain that the cursor can invert/not-occlude/display the character under it microsoft/terminal#9610

tried :
(doesn't work ❌)

" https//vim.fandom.com/wiki/Configuring_the_cursor
" 1 or 0 -> blinking block
" 2 solid block
" 3 -> blinking underscore
" 4 solid underscore
" Recent versions of xterm (282 or above) also support
" 5 -> blinking vertical bar
" 6 -> solid vertical bar

autocmd VimLeave * silent !echo  -ne "\e[6 q"
autocmd VimLeave * silent !printf  "\e[6 q"

works ✔

autocmd VimLeave * set guicursor=a:ver25

see :help guicursor

[younger-1]

In powershell, autocmd VimLeave * set guicursor=a:ver25 works only for neovim but not vim. Is there a way to restore the cursor to default in vim?

[PrashanthaTP]

Hmmm,
did you try one of these autocommands

" https//vim.fandom.com/wiki/Configuring_the_cursor 
" 1 or 0 -> blinking block
 " 2 solid block
 " 3 -> blinking underscore 
" 4 solid underscore " Recent versions of xterm (282 or above) also support 
" 5 -> blinking vertical bar 
" 6 -> solid vertical bar 

autocmd VimLeave * silent !echo -ne "\e[6 q"

autocmd VimLeave * silent !printf "\e[6 q"

[younger-1]

🥲 these autocmds only works in WSL(ubuntu/arch..), not in powershell

[Xiaorui-Huang]

@younger-1
Since I wanted to use the default vintage cursor ( ▃ ), requiring "\e[0 q", so none of the above worked for me, but I have found a workaround by resetting the cursor whenever the prompt is rendered

if you use the default prompt, put this in your powershell profile

function prompt{
    ...
    Write-Host -NoNewLine "`e[0 q"
}

If you use oh-my-posh

function Set-PromptContext{
   ...
   Write-Host -NoNewLine "`e[0 q"
}
New-Alias -Name 'Set-PoshContext' -Value 'Set-PromptContext' -Scope Global -Force