Konsole supports changing cursor shape with escape sequences like this:

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# block
printf "\e]50;CursorShape=0\x7"
# bar
printf "\e]50;CursorShape=1\x7"
# underscore
printf "\e]50;CursorShape=2\x7"

In vim one can set them to at least insert and other modes like this:

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let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=0\x7"
let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]50;CursorShape=1\x7"

But is there any way to make cursor blink from scripts or in vim? That could be very useful.

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printf "\e]50;BlinkingCursorEnabled=0\x7"
printf "\e]50;BlinkingCursorEnabled=1\x7"


luebking wrote:

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printf "\e]50;BlinkingCursorEnabled=0\x7"
printf "\e]50;BlinkingCursorEnabled=1\x7"


Perfect! Thanks. xterm though also supports DECSCUSR sequences (with two additional ones for vertical bars). Try this in xterm:

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# blinking block
printf '\e[1 q'
# steady block
printf '\e[2 q'
# blinking underscore
printf '\e[3 q'
# steady underscore
printf '\e[4 q'
# blinking bar
printf '\e[5 q'
# steady bar
printf '\e[6 q'

These are IMHO much simpler, and at least somewhat more standard. But for some reason Konsole doesn't support them. I added a comment here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103399

Do you think I should open a separate bug about it?

> Do you think I should open a separate bug about it?

Yes. The bug is long time set "fixed" because it was about supporting different cursor shapes in the first place (what's available)

I submitted the new bug here: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347323