Block Cursor for Atom v0.75.0

atom-0.75.0-block-cursor.patch

--- a/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/cursor-view.js
+++ b/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/cursor-view.js
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@
         "class": 'cursor idle'
       }, (function(_this) {
         return function() {
-          return _this.raw(' ');
+          return _this.div({
+            outlet: 'cursorValue',
+            'style': 'visibility:hidden;'
+          }, function() {
+              return _this.raw(' ');
+          });
         };
       })(this));
     };
@@ -96,6 +101,10 @@
       return this.stopBlinking();
     };
 
+    CursorView.prototype.setCursorValue = function(value) {
+      this.cursorValue.html(value);
+    };
+
     CursorView.prototype.updateDisplay = function() {
       var pixelPosition, screenPosition;
       screenPosition = this.getScreenPosition();
--- a/editor-view.js
+++ b/editor-view.js
@@ -923,6 +923,30 @@
       })(this));
     };
 
+    EditorView.prototype.getCharAtCursor = function() {
+      var editor = this.getEditor();
+      var range = Range.fromPointWithDelta(editor.getCursorBufferPosition(), 0, 1);
+      return editor.getBuffer().getTextInRange(range);
+    };
+
+    EditorView.prototype.convertCharToCursorValue = function(ch) {
+      switch (ch) {
+        case '':
+        case '\n':
+        case '\r':
+        case ' ':
+          ch = ' ';
+          break;
+        case '\t':
+          ch = ' ';
+          for (var i = 1, tl = this.getEditor().getTabLength(); i < tl; i++) {
+            ch += '&nbsp;';
+          }
+          break;
+      }
+      return ch;
+    };
+
     EditorView.prototype.handleInputEvents = function() {
       var lastInput, selectedText;
       this.on('cursor:moved', (function(_this) {
@@ -933,6 +957,9 @@
           }
           cursorView = _this.getCursorView();
           if (cursorView.isVisible()) {
+            var ch = _this.getCharAtCursor();
+            var value = _this.convertCharToCursorValue(ch);
+            cursorView.setCursorValue(value);
             style = cursorView[0].style;
             _this.hiddenInput[0].style.top = style.top;
             return _this.hiddenInput[0].style.left = style.left;