Initial cursor type invalid for Vim

[ethercrow]

Original author: jeffwheeler (September 27, 2009 15:21:59)

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Launch with vim, pango: yi --as=vim -fpango

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

The initial cursor should be the block, which can be seen after moving the cusor (or
performing any action). Instead, I see the single line cursor, which is Emacs' default.

Original issue: http://code.google.com/p/yi-editor/issues/detail?id=303

[ethercrow]

From [email protected] on November 23, 2009 08:10:10
I am a long-time (beginner) vim user and I do not understand this issue. Could you
explain it in more detail?

[ethercrow]

From jeffwheeler on November 23, 2009 16:45:22
When launching with vim/Pango, the initial cursor is a vertical line, which would
typically indicate insertion mode. The initial mode isn't insertion mode, though, and
the cursor should indicate this by starting with a block (rectangular) cursor.
Performing any action (e.g. moving the cursor one position to the right) in the buffer
refreshes the state, and the cursor becomes the correct block cursor.