How to let putty change its cursor shape accordingly?

Question

When I use putty to log on to a bash shell, I want it like real term emulator in Linux. That means: If I set shell to vi editing mode, the cursor would be a vertical line in inserting mode, and a block in a command mode. How can I do this?

Thanks all you folks!

Answer 1

Unfortunately, this is not possible.

Answer 2

In the putty configuration, look under the 'Category' treeview, click on 'Window', there's a node underneath that called 'Appearance', Look at the cursor appearance on the right hand side pane of that dialog, check the box 'Cursor blinks'...then save that in your profile.

Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.