Allow user configurability of the cursor colour. Patch from Jordan Callicoat. Closes LP #348231

doc/terminator_config.5

@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ Default value: \fBescape\-sequence\fR
 Controls if the cursor blinks.
 Default value: \fBTrue\fR
 .TP
+.B cursor_color
+Default colour of cursor, as a colour specification (can be HTML-style hex digits, or a colour name such as "red").
+Default value: Current value of \fBforeground_color\fR
+.TP
 .B emulation
 Sets what type of terminal should be emulated.
 Default value: \fBxterm\fR

terminatorlib/config.py

@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ Defaults = {
   'backspace_binding'     : 'ascii-del',
   'delete_binding'        : 'delete-sequence',
   'cursor_blink'          : True,
+  'cursor_color'          : '',
   'emulation'             : 'xterm',
   'font'                  : 'Mono 10',
   'foreground_color'      : '#AAAAAA',

terminatorlib/prefs_profile.py

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import gtk, gobject
 class ProfileEditor:
   # lists of which settings to put in which tabs
   appearance = ['titlebars', 'titletips', 'allow_bold', 'audible_bell', 'visible_bell', 'urgent_bell', 'force_no_bell', 'background_darkness', 'background_type', 'background_image', 'cursor_blink', 'font', 'scrollbar_position', 'scroll_background', 'use_system_font', 'use_theme_colors', 'enable_real_transparency']
-  colours = ['foreground_color','background_color', 'palette']
+  colours = ['foreground_color','background_color', 'cursor_color', 'palette']
   behaviour = ['backspace_binding', 'delete_binding', 'emulation', 'scroll_on_keystroke', 'scroll_on_output', 'scrollback_lines', 'focus', 'focus_on_close', 'exit_action', 'word_chars', 'mouse_autohide', 'use_custom_command', 'custom_command', 'http_proxy', 'encoding']
   globals = ['fullscreen', 'maximise', 'borderless', 'handle_size', 'cycle_term_tab', 'close_button_on_tab', 'tab_position', 'copy_on_selection', 'extreme_tabs', 'try_posix_regexp']
 
@@ -172,6 +172,10 @@ class ProfileEditor:
         widget = gtk.ColorButton (gtk.gdk.color_parse (value))
       elif key == 'background_color':
         widget = gtk.ColorButton (gtk.gdk.color_parse (value))
+      elif key == 'cursor_color':
+        if not value:
+          value = self.source_get_value ('foreground_color')
+        widget = gtk.ColorButton (gtk.gdk.color_parse (value))
       elif key == 'palette':
         colours = value.split (':')
         numcolours = len (colours)

terminatorlib/terminatorterm.py

@@ -673,6 +673,10 @@ text/plain
         palette.append (gtk.gdk.color_parse (color))
     self._vte.set_colors (fg_color, bg_color, palette)
 
+    cursor_color = self.conf.cursor_color
+    if cursor_color != '':
+      self._vte.set_color_cursor (gtk.gdk.color_parse (cursor_color))
+
     # Set our background image, transparency and type
     # Many thanks to the authors of gnome-terminal, on which this code is based.
     background_type = self.conf.background_type