links mentioned in the video: https://okitavera.me/article/use-i-beam-cursor-in-rxvt-unicode https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45136948

settings done to ~/inputrc :

set editing-mode vi set show-mode-in-prompt on

set vi-cmd-mode-string "\1\e[1 q\2" set vi-ins-mode-string "\1\e[5 q\2"

[0 - blinking block.

[1 - blinking block (default).

[2 - steady block.

[3 - blinking underline.

[4 - steady underline.

[5 - blinking bar (xterm).

[6 - steady bar (xterm).

comand to "reload" readline/inputrc: bind -f ~/.inputrc ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=907AB_E_REc