If I open a file with a long enough path name Vim will
stop loading until I "hit enter" to continue. How can I
change this?
The first question would be to determine if some plugin or
vimrc setting is bunging with matters. Try
vim -u NONE /really/long/path/to/file/burried/deeply.txt
and see if the same behavior occurs. If not, you've got
some plugin or setting that's getting overridden that causes
the behavior. What exactly that is, can be determined
later. If it happens with no startup configuration ("naked
vim"), then I'd go chasing down other ideas.
-tim