Cursor as indicator for insert/command mode.

[ReneFroger]

Hi there! I was wondering if Spacemacs does have a indicator in the cursor for entering the insert mode, and command mode? If not, then I would like to share this snippet from my configuration:

;; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
;; Evil no blinking cursor when normal, blinking when insert 
;; -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(blink-cursor-mode (- (*) (*) (*)))
(defun enable-blinking ()
(interactive)
(blink-cursor-mode t)
;;(cursor-type `box)
)   

Might be an useful indicator for Spacemacs users.

[syl20bnr]

Thank you for the snippet.
This is a good question, depending on the terminal we have some feedback of not.
In iTerm the cursor is a block in normal state and a bar in insert state. With urxvt it seems that we have no feedback.
The feeback is handled by evil-terminal-cursor-changer

[a13ph]

Gnome-terminal 3.14.2 - by default no cursor change, only color in modeline

[kimonoki]

I don' find this snippet working on GUI now.
I am using

  (add-hook 'evil-hybrid-state-entry-hook   #'blink-cursor-mode )
  (add-hook 'evil-hybrid-state-exit-hook   #'blink-cursor-suspend )

for blinking cursor in the hybrid state

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