Re: slow network: netrw slow even on local HD

Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Monday, December 2, 2013 10:14:45 AM UTC-6, Paul wrote:
>> I have a very slow network connection, so accessing letter drives are painful. For that reason, I work off the local HD as much as possible, then painfully synchronize my HD content with my network drive when I feel it is unwise to put it off.
>>
>> One problem that puzzles me is that netrw is slow even accessing folders in my HD. Is the cause well known, and is there any low-effort way to prevent this? I am in a locked down environment, so I'm limited to older versions of vim and netrw:
>>
>> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Oct 27 2010 17:59:02)
>> MS-Windows 32-bit GUI version with OLE support
>> Included patches: 1-46
>>
>> netrw v140
>>
>> Thanks.
> I know the listing style (:help g:netrw_liststyle) can affect browsing speed.
>
> Besides that, unless you are unable to write changes to your user HOME directory, you are certainly NOT limited to upgrading netrw. Are you able to write your own Vim config files? If so, you can install Vim plugins, meaning you are perfectly able to upgrade netrw.
>
I recall an issue awhile back where directories possessing thousands of
files were a bit slow under netrw using wide style. It was fixed
awhile back.

Regards,
C Campbell

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