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SmearCursor

SmearCursor

yesitsfebreeze

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A Neovide like smear cursor
Installation
Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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Requirements

This extensions makes use of CustomCssJS.
Make sure its installed.

Extension Settings

This extension contributes the following commands:

  • smearcursor.enable: Enable/Update the cursor effect.
  • smearcursor.disable: Disable the cursor effect.

This extension contributes the following settings:

  • smearcursor.animation_time: Animation Time
  • smearcursor.animation_easing: Animation Easing
  • smearcursor.max_length: Max trail length
  • smearcursor.tip_shrink: How much the cursor tip shrinks when moving
  • smearcursor.tail_shrink: How much the cursor tail shrinks when moving
  • smearcursor.opacity: How Transparent the cursor is when moving
  • smearcursor.disable_when_selecting: Disable cursor when selecting text
  • smearcursor.blink_enabled: If the cursor should blink or not
  • smearcursor.blink_easing: Type of easing function used for the blink animation
  • smearcursor.blink_interval:How fast the cursor blinks
  • smearcursor.blink_delay: How long the cursor waits before starting to blink after moving

Installing

After installing run:
SmearCursor: Enable/Update

If you have troubles getting the css to run, refer to:
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=be5invis.vscode-custom-css

Works best with: editor.cursorStyle": "block"

Known Issues

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Release Notes

Users appreciate release notes as you update your extension.

0.0.1

Initial release of SmearCursor

1.1.0

Fixes

1.1.2

Adding move opacity

1.1.3

Fixed null entry in settings

1.1.4

Fixed null entry in settings (again..) Added easing options

1.1.5

Republish for README

1.1.6

Fix a woopsie doopsie

1.2.0

Removed opacity (buggy and not really nice to look at) Added more sensible defaults Only skew cursor when moving diagonally

1.2.1

added pull requests

1.3.0

Fixed blink speed calculation and added small delay after moving before the blink starts Added to readme and settings: smearcursor.disable_when_selecting smearcursor.blink_enabled smearcursor.blink_easing smearcursor.blink_interval smearcursor.blink_delay

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