patch 8.0.0984: terminal blinking cursor not correct in the GUI commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/5830232c021102e47a4e6fc81857604e4a031ddf Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Aug 22 20:33:53 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0984: terminal blinking cursor not correct in the GUI Problem: Terminal blinking cursor not correct in the GUI. Solution: Set blinkoff correctly. Also make the cursor blink on MS-Windows by default. (Ken Takata)

" vimrc for test_gui_init.vim

" Note that this flag must be added in the .vimrc file, before switching on
" syntax or filetype recognition (when the |gvimrc| file is sourced the system
" menu has already been loaded; the ":syntax on" and ":filetype on" commands
" load the menu too).
set guioptions+=M