patch 8.0.0994: MS-Windows: cursor in terminal blinks undesirably
Problem: MS-Windows: cursor in terminal blinks even though the blinking
cursor was disabled on the system.
Solution: Use GetCaretBlinkTime(). (Ken Takata)
diff --git a/src/terminal.c b/src/terminal.c
index c559d11..c6dc0d9 100644
--- a/src/terminal.c
+++ b/src/terminal.c
@@ -2311,10 +2311,12 @@
/* For unix do not use a blinking cursor. In an xterm this causes the
* cursor to blink if it's blinking in the xterm.
- * We do want a blinking cursor by default on Windows, since that's what
- * the default is for a console. */
+ * For Windows we respect the system wide setting. */
#ifdef WIN3264
- value.boolean = 1;
+ if (GetCaretBlinkTime() == INFINITE)
+ value.boolean = 0;
+ else
+ value.boolean = 1;
#else
value.boolean = 0;
#endif