Re: vim 7.4 takes a long time to load and quit

Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>
> On 13/08/13 20:48, Anith C.R wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just updated my vim version to 7.4 on my Windows 7 PC, and found
>> the following issues.
>> 1) gvim is taking more time to load (It was already a bit slow
>> with my earlier 7.3.46 version as well. But it is slower by another
>> second or so after updating to 7.4)
>
>
> If your previous version was 7.3.46, then you took your own good
> time updating. That patchlevel was released on 27 October 2010,
> and since then there has been 7.3.47 to 7.3.1314, 7.4a to 7.4a.47,
> 7.4b to 7.4b.22 and finally 7.4, for a total of 1340 (one thousand
> three hundred and forty) changes so far. If I divide your 4 seconds
> by 1340 it makes an average increment of three milliseconds per
> patchlevel — not something that I would notice. And if you mean
> it has only got slower by one second then it's only 0.75 millisecond
> on average.

That's a strange way of massaging statistics (divide startup by
1340 patches). An extra 0.75 ms is an annoying delay in my
opinion.

Having said that, I don't see such a delay myself (using vim-7.4
huge, Linux x86_64).

Can you post your startuptime file?
(log of: gvim --startuptime startuptime.log)

For comparison, this is the startuptime.log file on my Linux
laptop using Vim-7.4 (huge, Linux x86_64, gtk2 GUI),
obtained with:

$ gvim --startuptime startuptime.log

times in msec
clock self+sourced self: sourced script
clock elapsed: other lines

000.015 000.015: --- VIM STARTING ---
000.319 000.304: Allocated generic buffers
000.653 000.334: locale set
000.710 000.057: GUI prepared
000.719 000.009: clipboard setup
000.742 000.023: window checked
002.510 001.768: inits 1
002.542 000.032: parsing arguments
002.566 000.024: expanding arguments
002.629 000.063: shell init
004.440 001.811: xsmp init
005.361 000.921: Termcap init
005.518 000.157: inits 2
005.887 000.369: init highlight
007.991 000.679 000.679: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
008.430 001.315 000.636: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/synload.vim
034.201 000.834 000.834: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/lang/menu_eo.utf-8.vim
034.713 000.055 000.055: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/autoload/paste.vim
047.006 013.805 012.916: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/menu.vim
047.047 038.440 024.635: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim
047.093 040.180 000.425: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syntax.vim
047.163 000.011 000.011: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim
047.219 000.009 000.009: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim
047.308 000.044 000.044: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/ftplugin.vim
090.147 000.228 000.228: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
090.634 000.197 000.197: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
091.007 000.197 000.197: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
091.701 001.404 001.010: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/colors/rastafari.vim
091.712 085.492 043.616: sourcing $HOME/.vimrc
091.718 000.339: sourcing vimrc file(s)
092.772 000.783 000.783: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/CSApprox.vim
093.519 000.716 000.716: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/LanguageTool.vim
093.742 000.157 000.157: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/ack.vim
094.761 000.546 000.546: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/autoload/ctrlp/mrufiles.vim
095.237 001.442 000.896: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/ctrlp.vim
095.389 000.087 000.087: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/explainpat.vim
095.463 000.023 000.023: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/faq_plugin.vim
101.964 006.454 006.454: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/fugitive.vim
102.588 000.584 000.584: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
103.307 000.687 000.687: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/surround.vim
104.045 000.703 000.703: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/syntastic.vim
104.762 000.684 000.684: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/taglist.vim
105.784 000.991 000.991: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/undotree.vim
105.924 000.108 000.108: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/unicode.vim
109.123 003.110 003.110: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcscommand.vim
109.178 003.227 000.117: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcsbzr.vim
109.328 000.123 000.123: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcscommand.vim
109.431 000.080 000.080: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcscvs.vim
109.724 000.269 000.269: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcsgit.vim
110.057 000.304 000.304: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcshg.vim
110.156 000.069 000.069: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcssvk.vim
110.470 000.291 000.291: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcssvn.vim
110.780 000.095 000.095: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/getscriptPlugin.vim
111.078 000.268 000.268: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/gzip.vim
111.344 000.235 000.235: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/matchparen.vim
111.397 000.024 000.024: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
111.465 000.045 000.045: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/rrhelper.vim
111.547 000.049 000.049: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/spellfile.vim
111.793 000.211 000.211: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
111.931 000.110 000.110: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/tohtml.vim
112.152 000.196 000.196: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim
112.406 000.223 000.223: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
112.567 000.025 000.025: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/after/plugin/CSApprox.vim
112.574 001.593: loading plugins
112.585 000.011: inits 3
136.649 003.457 003.457: sourcing $VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim
302.704 186.662: starting GUI
303.255 000.551: reading viminfo
307.603 004.348: GUI delay
307.918 000.315: register server name
307.924 000.006: setting raw mode
307.928 000.004: start termcap
307.989 000.061: clearing screen
308.381 000.392: opening buffers
313.949 005.364 005.364: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/taglist.vim
314.223 000.478: BufEnter autocommands
314.233 000.010: editing files in windows
317.795 003.562: VimEnter autocommands
317.800 000.005: before starting main loop
331.734 013.934: first screen update
331.737 000.003: --- VIM STARTED ---


And with vim rather than gvim:

$ vim startuptime.log

times in msec
clock self+sourced self: sourced script
clock elapsed: other lines

000.005 000.005: --- VIM STARTING ---
000.101 000.096: Allocated generic buffers
000.192 000.091: locale set
000.207 000.015: GUI prepared
000.209 000.002: clipboard setup
000.215 000.006: window checked
000.667 000.452: inits 1
000.674 000.007: parsing arguments
000.675 000.001: expanding arguments
000.688 000.013: shell init
002.261 001.573: xsmp init
002.625 000.364: Termcap init
002.682 000.057: inits 2
002.924 000.242: init highlight
005.116 000.703 000.703: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
005.557 001.344 000.641: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/synload.vim
028.520 022.789 022.789: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim
028.577 024.575 000.442: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syntax.vim
028.647 000.011 000.011: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim
028.704 000.010 000.010: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/filetype.vim
028.790 000.043 000.043: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/ftplugin.vim
075.805 000.225 000.225: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
076.811 000.448 000.448: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
077.638 000.443 000.443: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
079.235 003.164 002.273: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/colors/rastafari.vim
079.260 076.001 047.973: sourcing $HOME/.vimrc
079.276 000.351: sourcing vimrc file(s)
081.819 001.879 001.879: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/CSApprox.vim
082.695 000.794 000.794: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/LanguageTool.vim
082.906 000.153 000.153: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/ack.vim
083.999 000.595 000.595: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/autoload/ctrlp/mrufiles.vim
084.232 001.276 000.681: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/ctrlp.vim
084.300 000.040 000.040: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/explainpat.vim
084.331 000.009 000.009: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/faq_plugin.vim
087.393 003.044 003.044: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/fugitive.vim
088.026 000.601 000.601: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
088.827 000.772 000.772: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/surround.vim
089.611 000.750 000.750: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/syntastic.vim
090.254 000.612 000.612: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/taglist.vim
091.277 000.993 000.993: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/undotree.vim
091.423 000.113 000.113: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/unicode.vim
094.743 003.221 003.221: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcscommand.vim
094.802 003.349 000.128: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcsbzr.vim
094.955 000.123 000.123: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcscommand.vim
095.063 000.084 000.084: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcscvs.vim
095.359 000.273 000.273: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcsgit.vim
095.674 000.287 000.287: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcshg.vim
095.767 000.067 000.067: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcssvk.vim
096.115 000.325 000.325: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/vcssvn.vim
096.412 000.089 000.089: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/getscriptPlugin.vim
096.691 000.253 000.253: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/gzip.vim
096.925 000.207 000.207: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/matchparen.vim
096.975 000.022 000.022: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
097.046 000.048 000.048: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/rrhelper.vim
097.105 000.037 000.037: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/spellfile.vim
097.320 000.191 000.191: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
097.453 000.106 000.106: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/tohtml.vim
097.660 000.183 000.183: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim
097.907 000.218 000.218: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
138.470 000.074 000.074: sourcing
/home/pel/.vim/autoload/csapprox/per_component.vim
138.608 000.078 000.078: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/autoload/csapprox/common.vim
139.452 000.030 000.030: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
185.408 003.055 003.055: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/autoload/csapprox.vim
201.356 000.032 000.032: sourcing
/usr/local/share/vim/vim74/syntax/syncolor.vim
201.503 103.518 100.249: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/after/plugin/CSApprox.vim
201.511 001.819: loading plugins
203.446 001.935: inits 3
203.769 000.323: reading viminfo
209.989 006.220: setup clipboard
210.029 000.040: setting raw mode
210.031 000.002: start termcap
210.118 000.087: clearing screen
210.703 000.585: opening buffers
214.490 003.657 003.657: sourcing /home/pel/.vim/plugin/taglist.vim
214.616 000.256: BufEnter autocommands
214.621 000.005: editing files in windows
214.915 000.294: VimEnter autocommands
214.918 000.003: before starting main loop
228.941 014.023: first screen update
228.944 000.003: --- VIM STARTED ---


>> 2) It takes a good 4-5 seconds to close the gvim window, after I
>> type in ":quit". This was not experienced before.

4-5 seconds is a lot. I don't see that either.

Can you try without .vimrc (or _vimrc) file and without plugins
and at them back little by little until you find what causes it?

>> When I ran gvim -startuptime <file>, it showed around 4 seconds on
>> "starting GUI", which is apparently causing this delay. Is it possible
>> to analyze/display the reasons for this delay in starting GUI? How can
>> this be fixed?

On Linux, try vim -X.
Perhaps your $DISPLAY environment variable is incorrectly set.
That can cause large delays.

Check also :help slow-start


Did you perhaps enable debugging when building Vim? i.e.
compiled Vim with -DDEBUG. That would cause a big slow down
when writing regexp debug files for example (nfa_regexp*.log
which is new in Vim-7.4).

Regards
Dominique

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