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. -AJ > -----Original Message----- > From: Ingo Karkat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:56 AM > To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: gvim is slow opening, saving, and scanning tags > on a file across the network > > On 03-Jan-08 17:25, aj wrote: > > I am running gvim on a windows box, version 7.1. > > > > 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? > > 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 > > /^-- Ingo Karkat -- /^-- /^-- /^-- /^-- /^-- /^-- > http://ingo-karkat.de/ -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
