microsoft / microsoft/terminal
"vintage" cursor shape + blinking with an escape sequence?
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Description
In Windows Terminal, can I get the "vintage" cursor (~30% blinking horizontal bar) with an escape sequence?
Both of these (below) give a non-blinking cursor of the desired size. Other similar pairs suggest that 7 should be blinking?
ESC[7 q
ESC[8 q
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Research direction
Reproduce the two escape sequences in Windows Terminal and compare their cursor shape and blinking behavior. The issue is done when the expected blinking vintage cursor behavior is confirmed or corrected for ESC[7 q, with the non-blinking ESC[8 q behavior still understood.
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- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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