Re: vim is very slow when opening multiple , large , gzip files

thanks!

On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 4:00 AM, ping song <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:

you are absolutely right...

vim -p seems the best option available ..(-o/O doesn't look good for files more than 3..).

now the file toggling is MUCH faster, so only 1 time slow on start up and all other later operation is fast. great !

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tuesday, December 17, 2013 2:19:45 PM UTC-6, Ben Fritz wrote:
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> With default settings Vim will discard the buffer text and re-read it the next time you visit the buffer.
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> If you set the 'hidden' option then Vim keeps the buffer contents in memory instead. This is mostly designed to let you keep unsaved changes around when you switch buffers, but it also means Vim doesn't need to re-read the file when you're just switching between unmodified buffers.
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> And naturally, since you're relying on autocmds to "read" the file by decompressing it, it's going to take a bit longer to load these compressed files than if you had loaded a plaintext file.

Other options include opening the files in separate windows or tabs instead of switching between buffers. Then the initial startup may take longer because every file must be read, but afterwards switching between them should be nigh instantaneous.

So instead of "vim *.gz" try "vim -o *.gz", "vim -O *.gz", or "vim -p *.gz".

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