On Aug 10, 2010, at 14:22 , John Beckett wrote:
>> Sometimes I paste some text into the Vim command line
>> (example: type ':echo ' then Ctrl-R a to paste register a).
>>
>> If I accidentally paste a large amount (kilobytes), I have to
>> wait a very long time (several minutes) while Vim struggles
>> to handle the text. Pressing Ctrl-C has no discernible effect.
>
> Some investigating shows that removing the following call to
> redrawcmd() fixes the problem (this is not a solution, just
> a preliminary observation):
Are you by any chance using MacVim? I had this problem with MacVim and raised
it in the MacVim list. Here is how that conversation went:
> On Jul 4, 2010, at 3:46 PM, björn wrote:
>
>> On 4 July 2010 13:13, Andy Block wrote:
>>> On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:58 PM, björn wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3 July 2010 21:25, Andy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I have one major annoyance with MacVim, which I'm surprised I can't
>>>>> find anyone else mentioning. Specifically, on a semi-regular basis, I
>>>>> copy a large amount of text from, e.g., a terminal session, switch to
>>>>> vim, paste it, and - bang! I discover I was in command line mode and
>>>>> as a result I am in for a long wait.
>>>>
>>>> Ouch! I was not aware of this problem. Fortunately there is an easy
>>>> fix: use Cmd-. instead of Ctrl-C to interrupt.
>>>
>>> Thanks for you quick response, and suggested workaround. However, Cmd-.
>>> also does not appear to interrupt for me. Did you confirm that it worked
>>> for you? Would this behaviour depend on any configuration, or the setting
>>> of some option? Thanks again,
>>
>> Yes, I did confirm before posting. Which version of MacVim are you
>> using? You should be using a snapshot, or the 7.3a BETA [1] -- the
>> stable build is probably too old. No configuration option will affect
>> Cmd-. (it is hardwired).
>
> Ah - that'd be it then. I should have mentioned before that I am indeed using
> the last stable build (7.2). I'll have a go with something more recent then.
> Thanks again, regards,
>
> Andy
Hope that is helpful! Regards,
Andy
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