Cursor stops blinking while inside Helix

Summary

This has been bothering me for a while so I decided to post a bug report since there doesn't seem to be one yet.

My terminal is set with cursor blink on, however when i open Helix the cursor does not blink.

Mind you, this only happens while inside Helix. When I return to the shell the cursor is correctly restored to the right shape and blinking status.

This happens both with foot and kitty, so that leads me to believe that it's an Helix bug.

From my understanding, since there is no "blink" option in the config, Helix should be aware of the cursor status in the terminal and then behave accordingly. This is only partly true as the cursor is correctly returned to it's former state upon exit, but it completely ignores the blinking status while open.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. Open terminal application with cursor blink turned on
2. The cursor blinks
3. Open Helix

I expected this to happen:

4. The cursor keeps blinking

Instead, this happened:

4. The cursor has stopped blinking

Helix log

Not sure if this is necessary for this kind of bug report, let me know if it's needed and I'll provide it.

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

foot 1.23.0

Installation Method

pacman

Helix Version

helix 25.07.1

[mi2ebi]

Helix does not use the real terminal cursor

Helix does not use the real terminal cursor

I know that and never claimed otherwise.

As I stated previously:

From my understanding, since there is no "blink" option in the config, Helix should be aware of the cursor status in the terminal and then behave accordingly. This is only partly true as the cursor is correctly returned to it's former state upon exit, but it completely ignores the blinking status while open.

So I'm not exactly sure what your comment is supposed to contribute.

Kitty does not supports blinking, and the author is " not interested in supporting blinking text".

Kitty is an opinionated software with tons of quirks and opinions like that one. kovidgoyal/kitty#540 . Consider using a terminal less opinionated and with more privacy.

This bug report is about cursor blink, and kitty's cursor very much does blink, so I don't understand the point of sharing an issue about blinking text, nor the completely unrelated tirade about opinionated software and privacy.

Moreover, I don't even use kitty. I listed foot as my terminal emulator in this very bug report.

The only reason I included kitty is because I tried to reproduce this behavior with multiple terminal emulators to make sure that the source of the issue was indeed Helix and not the specific terminal emulator I was using. This is just basic bug reporting etiquette.

[MunsMan]

Since the original poster's account has been deleted (ghost) and they are unable to respond to requests for more information or verify fixes, I suggest closing this issue.

This behavior also appears to be related to existing discussions regarding cursor style and blinking support (e.g., #1936). It might be solved with #14951.