Doesn't this mean that semantically you are using an I-beam cursor? (Note I say this as someone who always uses block cursors, visually, not matter the semantic

Doesn't this mean that semantically you are using an I-beam cursor? (Note I say this as someone who always uses block cursors, visually, not matter the semantics.) The reason this distinction is fun to talk about in vi is because, semantically, insert mode uses an I-beam cursor while normal mode uses a block cursor, and some people have everything configured to visually switch back/forth between the two cursor styles as you switch modes (though I don't).