Segment to display insert/normal mode for VIM editing mode

[AniAggarwal]

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What would you like to see changed/added?

I use VIM-like keybinds in terminal, set via my .inputrc:

# Use Vim keybinds instead of default Emacs
set editing-mode vi
# Show current mode at the beginning of the prompt
set show-mode-in-prompt on
set vi-ins-mode-string "+ "
set vi-cmd-mode-string ": "

So that I can see which mode I am in, a + or a : is displayed at the beginning of my prompt and looks like below:

I would love it if there was a way to integrate that into oh-my-posh.

[JanDeDobbeleer]

@AniAggarwal I had a look at this and it's not possible to get that value so oh-my-posh can use it. What you could do is change the implementation to use a cursor style, that will indicate the current mode by displaying a different cursor:

set vi-ins-mode-string \1\e[6 q\2
set vi-cmd-mode-string \1\e[2 q\2

# optionally:
# switch to block cursor before executing a command
set keymap vi-insert
RETURN: "\e\n"

[AniAggarwal]

This worked, thanks! I use kitty so I need to figure out how to make it work with that now, but it works on Gnome terminal. Thanks for the pointer.

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