'guicursor': Empty means "block cursor in all modes".

Also: update default 'guicursor' to match the documentation.

man/nvim.1

@@ -371,27 +371,6 @@ See
 Used to set the 'shell' option, which determines the shell used by the
 .Ic :terminal
 command.
-.It Ev NVIM_TUI_ENABLE_CURSOR_SHAPE
-Set to 0 to prevent Nvim from changing the cursor shape.
-Set to 1 to enable non-blinking mode-sensitive cursor (this is the default).
-Set to 2 to enable blinking mode-sensitive cursor.
-Host terminal must support the DECSCUSR CSI escape sequence.
-.Pp
-Depending on the terminal emulator, using this option with
-.Nm
-under
-.Xr tmux 1
-might require adding the following to
-.Pa ~/.tmux.conf :
-.Bd -literal -offset indent
-set -ga terminal-overrides ',*:Ss=\eE[%p1%d q:Se=\eE[2 q'
-.Ed
-.Pp
-See
-.Ic terminal-overrides
-in the
-.Xr tmux 1
-manual page for more information.
 .El
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width "~/.config/nvim/init.vim"

runtime/doc/msgpack_rpc.txt

@@ -250,23 +250,21 @@ connect to another with different type codes.
 ==============================================================================
 6. Remote UIs					           *rpc-remote-ui*
 
-Nvim allows Graphical user interfaces to be implemented by separate processes
-communicating with Nvim over the RPC API. Currently the ui model conists of a
-terminal-like grid with one single, monospace font size, with a few elements
-that could be drawn separately from the grid (for the momemnt only the popup
-menu)
+GUIs can be implemented as external processes communicating with Nvim over the
+RPC API. Currently the UI model consists of a terminal-like grid with one
+single, monospace font size. Some elements (UI "widgets") can be drawn
+separately from the grid.
 
-After connecting to a nvim instance (typically a spawned, embedded instance)
-use the |nvim_ui_attach|(width, height, options) API method to tell nvim that your
-program wants to draw the nvim screen on a grid with "width" times
-"height" cells. "options" should be a dictionary with the following (all
-optional) keys:
-	`rgb`:			Controls what color format to use.
+After connecting to Nvim (usually a spawned, embedded instance) use the
+|nvim_ui_attach| API method to tell Nvim that your program wants to draw the
+Nvim screen on a grid of width × height cells. `options` must be
+a dictionary with these (optional) keys:
+	`rgb`			Controls what color format to use.
 				Set to true (default) to use 24-bit rgb
 				colors.
 				Set to false to use terminal color codes (at
 				most 256 different colors).
-	`popupmenu_external`:	Instead of drawing the completion popupmenu on
+	`popupmenu_external`	Instead of drawing the completion popupmenu on
 				the grid, Nvim will send higher-level events to
 				the ui and let it draw the popupmenu.
 				Defaults to false.

runtime/doc/options.txt

@@ -2790,22 +2790,17 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 					i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,
 					r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,
 					sm:block-Cursor
-					-blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175",
-				for Windows console:
-					"n-v-c:block,o:hor50,i-ci:hor15,
-					r-cr:hor30,sm:block")
+					-blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175")
 			global
-			{only available when compiled with GUI enabled, and
-			for Windows console}
-	This option tells Vim what the cursor should look like in different
-	modes.  It fully works in the GUI.  In a Windows console, only
-	the height of the cursor can be changed.  This can be done by
-	specifying a block cursor, or a percentage for a vertical or
-	horizontal cursor.
-	For a console, shape is taken into account and color as well if
-	'termguicolors' is set. 't_SI' and 't_EI' are deprecated in neovim.
-
-	The option is a comma separated list of parts.  Each part consist of a
+	Configures the cursor style for each mode. Works in the GUI and some
+	terminals. Empty means "non-blinking block cursor in all modes": >
+		:set guicursor=
+<
+	With tmux you might need this in ~/.tmux.conf (see terminal-overrides
+	in the tmux(1) manual page): >
+		set -ga terminal-overrides ',*:Ss=\E[%p1%d q:Se=\E[2 q'
+<
+	The option is a comma separated list of parts.  Each part consists of a
 	mode-list and an argument-list:
 		mode-list:argument-list,mode-list:argument-list,..
 	The mode-list is a dash separated list of these modes:

runtime/doc/vim_diff.txt

@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ Some `CTRL-SHIFT-...` key chords are distinguished from `CTRL-...` variants
 
 Options:
   'cpoptions' flags: |cpo-_|
+  'guicursor' works in the terminal
   'inccommand' shows interactive results for |:substitute|-like commands
   'statusline' supports unlimited alignment sections
   'tabline' %@Func@foo%X can call any function on mouse-click

src/nvim/cursor_shape.c

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ static cursorentry_T shape_table[SHAPE_IDX_COUNT] =
 };
 
 /// Converts cursor_shapes into a Dictionary of dictionaries
-/// @return a dictionary of the form {"normal" : { "cursor_shape": ... }, ...}
+/// @return dictionary of the form {"normal" : { "cursor_shape": ... }, ...}
 Dictionary cursor_shape_dict(void)
 {
   Dictionary all = ARRAY_DICT_INIT;
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ Dictionary cursor_shape_dict(void)
 
 /// Parse the 'guicursor' option
 ///
-/// @param what either SHAPE_CURSOR or SHAPE_MOUSE ('mouseshape')
+/// @param what SHAPE_CURSOR or SHAPE_MOUSE ('mouseshape')
 ///
 /// @returns error message for an illegal option, NULL otherwise.
 char_u *parse_shape_opt(int what)
@@ -103,10 +103,11 @@ char_u *parse_shape_opt(int what)
    * First round: check for errors; second round: do it for real.
    */
   for (round = 1; round <= 2; ++round) {
-    /*
-     * Repeat for all comma separated parts.
-     */
+    // Repeat for all comma separated parts.
     modep = p_guicursor;
+    if (*p_guicursor == NUL) {
+      modep = (char_u *)"a:block-blinkon0";
+    }
     while (*modep != NUL) {
       colonp = vim_strchr(modep, ':');
       if (colonp == NULL)
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@ char_u *parse_shape_opt(int what)
         return (char_u *)N_("E546: Illegal mode");
       commap = vim_strchr(modep, ',');
 
-      // Repeat for all mode's before the colon.
+      // Repeat for all modes before the colon.
       // For the 'a' mode, we loop to handle all the modes.
       all_idx = -1;
       assert(modep < colonp);

src/nvim/cursor_shape.h

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SHAPE_IDX_CR     = 6,       ///< Command line Replace mode
 SHAPE_IDX_O      = 7,       ///< Operator-pending mode
 SHAPE_IDX_VE     = 8,       ///< Visual mode with 'selection' exclusive
 SHAPE_IDX_CLINE  = 9,       ///< On command line
-SHAPE_IDX_STATUS = 10,      ///<  status line
+SHAPE_IDX_STATUS = 10,      ///< status line
 SHAPE_IDX_SDRAG  = 11,      ///< dragging a status line
 SHAPE_IDX_VSEP   = 12,      ///< A vertical separator line
 SHAPE_IDX_VDRAG  = 13,      ///< dragging a vertical separator line
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ SHAPE_VER       = 2        ///< vertical bar cursor
 #define SHAPE_CURSOR    2       /* used for text cursor shape */
 
 typedef struct cursor_entry {
-  char *full_name;        ///< mode full name
+  char *full_name;        ///< mode description
   CursorShape shape;      ///< cursor shape: one of the SHAPE_ defines
   int mshape;             ///< mouse shape: one of the MSHAPE defines
   int percentage;         ///< percentage of cell for bar

src/nvim/options.lua

@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ return {
       deny_duplicates=true,
       vi_def=true,
       varname='p_guicursor',
-      defaults={if_true={vi="n-v-c:block,o:hor50,i-ci:hor15,r-cr:hor30,sm:block"}}
+      defaults={if_true={vi="n-v-c:block-Cursor/lCursor,ve:ver35-Cursor,o:hor50-Cursor,i-ci:ver25-Cursor/lCursor,r-cr:hor20-Cursor/lCursor,sm:block-Cursor-blinkwait175-blinkoff150-blinkon175"}}
     },
     {
       full_name='guifont', abbreviation='gfn',

src/nvim/tui/tui.c

@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ static void terminfo_start(UI *ui)
     data->ut = unibi_dummy();
   }
   fix_terminfo(data);
-  // Initialize the cursor shape.
   // Set 't_Co' from the result of unibilium & fix_terminfo.
   t_colors = unibi_get_num(data->ut, unibi_max_colors);
   // Enter alternate screen and clear

test/functional/ui/cursor_spec.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+local helpers = require('test.functional.helpers')(after_each)
+local Screen = require('test.functional.ui.screen')
+local clear, feed, meths = helpers.clear, helpers.feed, helpers.meths
+local insert, execute = helpers.insert, helpers.execute
+local eq, funcs = helpers.eq, helpers.funcs
+local command = helpers.command
+
+if helpers.pending_win32(pending) then return end
+
+describe('ui/cursor', function()
+  local screen
+
+  before_each(function()
+    clear()
+    screen = Screen.new(25, 5)
+    screen:attach()
+  end)
+
+  after_each(function()
+    screen:detach()
+  end)
+
+  it("'guicursor' is published as a UI event", function()
+    command('redraw')
+    screen:expect('', nil, nil, nil, true)  -- Tickle the event-loop.
+    local expected_cursor_style = {
+      cmd_insert = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 25,
+        cursor_shape = 'vertical',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'ci' },
+      cmd_line = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'e' },
+      cmd_normal = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 0,
+        cursor_shape = 'block',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'c' },
+      cmd_replace = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 20,
+        cursor_shape = 'horizontal',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'cr' },
+      drag_statusline = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'sd' },
+      insert = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 25,
+        cursor_shape = 'vertical',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'i' },
+      match_paren = {
+        blinkoff = 150,
+        blinkon = 175,
+        blinkwait = 175,
+        cell_percentage = 0,
+        cursor_shape = 'block',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 45,
+        short_name = 'sm' },
+      more = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'm' },
+      more_lastline = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'ml' },
+      normal = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 0,
+        cursor_shape = 'block',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'n' },
+      pending = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 50,
+        cursor_shape = 'horizontal',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 45,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'o' },
+      replace = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 20,
+        cursor_shape = 'horizontal',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'r' },
+      statusline = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 's' },
+      vdrag = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'vd' },
+      visual = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 0,
+        cursor_shape = 'block',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 46,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'v' },
+      visual_select = {
+        blinkoff = 250,
+        blinkon = 400,
+        blinkwait = 700,
+        cell_percentage = 35,
+        cursor_shape = 'vertical',
+        hl_id = 45,
+        id_lm = 45,
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 've' },
+      vsep = {
+        mouse_shape = 0,
+        short_name = 'vs' }
+      }
+    -- Default 'guicursor' published on startup.
+    eq(expected_cursor_style, screen._cursor_style)
+    eq('normal', screen.mode)
+
+    -- Event is published ONLY if the cursor style changed.
+    screen._cursor_style = nil
+    command('redraw')
+    screen:expect('', nil, nil, nil, true)  -- Tickle the event-loop.
+    eq(nil, screen._cursor_style)
+
+    -- Change the cursor style.
+    meths.set_option('guicursor', 'n-v-c:ver35-blinkwait171-blinkoff172-blinkon173,ve:hor35,o:ver50,i-ci:block,r-cr:hor90,sm:ver42')
+    command('redraw')
+    screen:expect('', nil, nil, nil, true)  -- Tickle the event-loop.
+    eq('vertical', screen._cursor_style.normal.cursor_shape)
+    eq('horizontal', screen._cursor_style.visual_select.cursor_shape)
+    eq('vertical', screen._cursor_style.pending.cursor_shape)
+    eq('block', screen._cursor_style.insert.cursor_shape)
+    eq('vertical', screen._cursor_style.match_paren.cursor_shape)
+  end)
+
+  it("empty 'guicursor' sets cursor_shape=block in all modes", function()
+    meths.set_option('guicursor', '')
+    command('redraw')
+    screen:expect('', nil, nil, nil, true)  -- Tickle the event-loop.
+    for _, m in ipairs({ 'cmd_insert', 'cmd_normal', 'cmd_replace', 'insert',
+                         'match_paren', 'normal', 'replace', 'visual',
+                         'visual_select', }) do
+      eq('block', screen._cursor_style[m].cursor_shape)
+    end
+  end)
+
+end)

test/functional/ui/mouse_spec.lua

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ local eq, funcs = helpers.eq, helpers.funcs
 
 if helpers.pending_win32(pending) then return end
 
-describe('Mouse input', function()
+describe('ui/mouse/input', function()
   local screen
 
   before_each(function()

test/functional/ui/screen.lua

@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@ function Screen:_handle_resize(width, height)
   }
 end
 
-function Screen:_handle_cursor_style_set(styles)
-  self._cursor_styles = styles
+function Screen:_handle_cursor_style_set(style)
+  self._cursor_style = style
 end
 
 function Screen:_handle_clear()