gvim is slow opening, saving, and scanning tags on a file across the network
aj
There are a series of coldfusion source files located on another
machine on the network. I have a shortcut to the network directory
containing these files on my desktop.
When I try to open one of these files using notepad, it opens
instantly.
When I try to open one of these files using gvim, it hangs for about
20 seconds before opening.
I get the same 20 second delay when saving files, and also when
attempting to do tab completion (scanning tags).
This happens 90% of the time, the other 10%, I get lucky, and it works
instantly.
I have tried disabling plugins and syntax highlighting, to no avail.
Any ideas?
Ingo Karkat
VIM normally creates a 'swapfile' in the same directory as the edited file (cp.
:help swap-file). This file creation can take some time on a network share. Try
launching VIM with the -n argument (no swapfile), e.g. gvim -n
\\<hostname>\share\myfile.txt. If this fixes the problem, you can selectively
disable swapfile creation for this network share (but keep swapfiles for local
files) by setting up an exception in your .vimrc file:
autocmd BufReadPre //<hostname>/* setlocal noswapfile
-- regards, ingo
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Ben Schmidt
Also see
:help 'directory'
which you can use to store swapfiles for remote files locally for safety.
Ben.
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AJ Mieskolainen
get the massive delay.
Thanks for your insight, though. Very much appreciated.
-AJ
drc...@campbellfamily.biz
>
> I tried adding this setting to my _vimrc (on Windows), to no avail. I still
> get the massive delay.
>
> Thanks for your insight, though. Very much appreciated.
Try
gvim -u NONE -U NONE -X -n somefile
That'll start gvim up with no plugins, syntax, etc, no X clipboard, and no
swapfile writing.
Regards,
Chip Campbell