vercel / vercel/hyper

Adaptive cursor color

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🛠 Type: Feature Request
Dominant language
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Description

The cursor color in VTE based terminals adapts to the color of the underlying text. This is useful in vim to be able to actually see the letter under the cursor. Currently the cursorcolor is static in hyperterm.

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The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating Hyper's terminal cursor rendering and the handling of cursor and text colors; done means the cursor color adapts to the underlying text, including when viewing text in vim.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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