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I now created a file with multiple shorter lines (about 800 chars). for k in `seq 0 1000`; do for i in `seq 0 200`; do echo -n "$i " >>file.test; done; echo >>file.test; done for i in `seq 0 5000`;do cat file.test >>file2.test; done file2.test is 3.3G then. Opening it in vim leads to the same issue. Instantly "file2.test" [New File] is shown and nothing else happens. After typing :wq [Enter], the file is empty. My /tmp is only 350M. My swap is 2.7G but is never used. Also, using a 2.6G file doesn't change anything. However, with a file size of 2.0G, I have the behaviour you described. It takes its time and the rest of the system complains all the time (swap is at ~25%), but the file is actually loaded, can be edited... But when I want to save it, there is an error: "E297: Write error in swap file" and vim works really hard on the system's cpu and MEM continuously. Swap is now at 70% and rising. This is an expected behaviour. If the file I want to edit does not (or hardly) fit in my memory, it is hard to edit it. The [New file] and overwrite on saving behaviour however, doesn't feel intended. Did you really never experience that in your tests? Regards --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.26 Debian Release: 5.0 500 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org 500 unstable ftp2.de.debian.org 1 experimental ftp2.de.debian.org --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed ===================================-+-==================== vim-common (= 2:7.2.049-2) | 2:7.2.049-2 vim-runtime (= 2:7.2.049-2) | 2:7.2.049-2 libacl1 (>= 2.2.11-1) | 2.2.47-2 libc6 (>= 2.7-1) | 2.7-16 libgpm2 (>= 1.20.4) | 1.20.4-3.1 libncurses5 (>= 5.6+20071006-3) | 5.7+20081220-1 libselinux1 (>= 2.0.59) | 2.0.65-5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org