Vim CursorLine color change in insert mode

Question

There is good snippet for changing cursor color:

if &term =~ "xterm\\|rxvt"   " use an orange cursor in insert mode   let &t_SI = "\<Esc>]12;orange\x7"   " use a red cursor otherwise   let &t_EI = "\<Esc>]12;red\x7"   silent !echo -ne "\033]12;red\007"   " reset cursor when vim exits   autocmd VimLeave * silent !echo -ne "\033]112\007"   " use \003]12;gray\007 for gnome-terminal endif 

How should I alter this that instead of cursor, CursorLine would change color for example from dark blue to blue?

My complete config is https://bitbucket.org/JackLeo/home-configs/src/5b8faf340f87/.vimrc

Answer 1

Have you look in into the 'highlight' command which is a easier way to control this.

For example, to change the CursorLine,

:hi CursorLine guifg=red guibg=blue 

Reference: :help highlight

To make it switch between mode.

" Enable CursorLine set cursorline  " Default Colors for CursorLine highlight  CursorLine ctermbg=Yellow ctermfg=None  " Change Color when entering Insert Mode autocmd InsertEnter * highlight  CursorLine ctermbg=Green ctermfg=Red  " Revert Color to default when leaving Insert Mode autocmd InsertLeave * highlight  CursorLine ctermbg=Yellow ctermfg=None 

I may be possible to mix termcap color with autocmd, but IMO, highlight is more easy to maintain in long term (and in case if use gVim occassionally)