Unable to tell mode when connecting remotely with Putty

[drelephant]

General information

- Terminal program: Putty (screen-256color)
- Operating system: Linux (5.4.0-198-generic #218-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 27 20:18:53 UTC 2024 x86_64 GNU/Linux)
- ZSH framework: oh-my-zsh master (7ed475c)
- ZSH version: zsh 5.8 (x86_64-ubuntu-linux-gnu)
- ZVM version: zsh-vi-mode 0.11.0

Basic examination

• I have read through the README page
• I have the latest version of zsh-vi-mode
• I have tested with another terminal program

Problem description

I'm using Putty from a remote Windows PC to connect to my Ubuntu box.

I can't tell what mode I'm in because the cursor doesn't change, only staying with whatever cursor mode I have selected in the local Putty settings.

I appreciate that this probably isn't strictly a zsh-vi-mode problem, but I was hoping there might be some other solution to make the mode visible.

Maybe if the prompt could be dynamically updated? Or prefixing the command line with something? Anything at all so I can see what mode I'm in?