Hello Vim Developers,
To better understand what vimdiff is doing (and why it is so
slow), I had my shell (4NT under WinXP) keep a log showing
me just what was requested. [Note: I use '>!' instead of '>'
for redirection because my 4NT is set to not overwrite
existing files unless explicitly told to do so.]
Invoking vimdiff with: gvim -d file1 file2
I can see that the following 3 shell requests are made:
diff -a VIo2A3F.tmp VIn2A40.tmp >!VId2A41.tmp
diff -a --binary VIo2A3F.tmp VIn2A40.tmp >!VId2A41.tmp
diff -a --binary VIo2A3F.tmp VIn2A40.tmp >!VId2A41.tmp
The log shows about 4 seconds between commands.
I would have thought that the first diff would provide
enough information. What is the purpose of the other two?
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Best regards,
Bill
