The cursor blinks again, but I can't tweak it

[Tony Mechelynck]

The cursor blinks again, but with the following:

if has("gui_running")
set guicursor^=a:blinkwait100-blinkon300-blinkoff300
endif

or also with += instead of ^= (i.e. append rather then prepend) I
cannot make the cursor blink on and off equally long, it always blinks
on longer than off (as is the default) in all the modes I've tested;
and yet typing

:verbose set gcr?<Enter>

at the keyboard displays my own setting and the .vimrc line where I've set it.

Even adding my blinking preferences manually for each mode separately
after ":set gcr=?" doesn't work.

Best regards,
Tony.

[Christian Brabandt]

On Do, 13 Aug 2026, Tony Mechelynck wrote:

> The cursor blinks again, but with the following:
>
> if has("gui_running")
> set guicursor^=a:blinkwait100-blinkon300-blinkoff300
> endif
>
> or also with += instead of ^= (i.e. append rather then prepend) I
> cannot make the cursor blink on and off equally long, it always blinks
> on longer than off (as is the default) in all the modes I've tested;
> and yet typing

Hm, I cannot seem to see this (but perhaps I can just not tell the
difference visually), for me after the initial blink, it seems to do
exactly what I entered via the guicursor setting.

Is this for the GTK2 or GTK3 UI?

Thanks,
Christian
--
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-- The Firesign Theater

[Christoffer Aasted]

Tested 9.2.956 gtk3 wl,x11 they seem identical with this caveat:

I noticed a hiccup that was consistent a few seconds after startup or after setting guicursor, however after that consistent. I'm looking into that.