cursor can't restore its shape after leaving Vim and WSL

[thezbm]

Windows Terminal version

1.13.11432.0

Windows build number

10.0.22000.0

Other Software

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Neovim v0.7.0

Steps to reproduce

The cursor is currently a blinking bar as I set in the configuration for WT.
Then enter Ubuntu by entering wsl.
Open nvim.
Quit it.
Quit WSL.

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Expected Behavior

The cursor should be stored to a blinking bar immediately after I quit Neovim.

Actual Behavior

The cursor continues to be a white block.
It seems that after Neovim changed the shape of the text input cursor, Windows Terminal didn't change it back.

[j4james]

I'm afraid this is known issue with neovim (see neovim/neovim#4396), and their recommended workaround is to reset the cursor manually with a VimLeave handler.

See also #9081.

[thezbm]

I'm afraid this is known issue with neovim (see neovim/neovim#4396), and their recommended workaround is to reset the cursor manually with a VimLeave handler.

See also #9081.

Oh, I see. Thanks for your time. I managed to fix it with a VimLeave autocmd.
See #4867 for more information.

[amine-aboufirass]

@j4james what if I'm using neovim?

[j4james]

@j4james what if I'm using neovim?

@amine-aboufirass I don't understand what you're asking. The issue I linked above, and the suggested workaround is for neovim.

[amine-aboufirass]

@j4james I see, I misread your comment.

I have tried opening an nvim instance on Windows Terminal (no WSL) and then doing :au VimLeave * set guicursor=a:block-blinkon0. When I :q! out of nvim I unfortunately see the same behavior and the cursor doesn't change back.

[j4james]

I have tried opening an nvim instance on Windows Terminal (no WSL) and then doing :au VimLeave * set guicursor=a:block-blinkon0.

Note that what you're requesting there is a block cursor that doesn't blink. If that's not the style you want it changed back to, it's obviously not going to work. For example, if you want to change it back to a horizontal bar that does blink, you'd need to do something like this:

:au VimLeave * set guicursor=a:hor1-blinkon1

If you don't want to have to specify the exact cursor type, and just want it changed back to whatever you've configured in the Windows Terminal settings, I don't know of an easy way to do that, but one of the suggestions in the nvim issue tracker was this:

:au VimLeave * set guicursor= | call chansend(v:stderr, "\x1b[ q")

That said, if you're not using the WSL version of nvim, I'm not which of these options will work, if any.

[BoscoDomingo]

For reference to anyone googling this issue: I fixed it by setting my cursor to be a line (same as I use in my Windows Terminal). No need for an autocmd. In my init.lua:

vim.opt.guicursor = "a:ver30-Cursor-blinkwait700-blinkon400-blinkoff250"

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