I tried creating a simple file with tabs in it but did not experience
the slowness you mention.  Can you please send me a file where the
problem occurs for you so that I have something to test with?

Thanks,
Björn

On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Kevin Burke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've been investigating a problem with Unicode listchars.
>
> My .vimrc looks like:
>
> "" show line endings
> set list
> set listchars=tab:▸\ ,eol:¬
>
> When I open a file containing many tab characters, Macvim is extremely slow 
> to scroll - holding down "j" yields a key repeat rate of about once per 
> second.
>
> If I turn off list:
>
> set nolist
>
> Or, use a different tab listchar:
>
> set listchars=tab:+\ ,eol
>
> Scrolling suddenly becomes very fast.
>
> Here is information about my version:
>
> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Mar  4 2013 10:46:00)
> MacOS X (unix) version
> Included patches: 1-754
> Compiled by [email protected]
> Huge version with MacVim GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
> +arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent 
> +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments 
> +conceal +cryptv -cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff 
> +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags +eval
> +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding 
> -footer +fork() +fullscreen -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand 
> +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds 
> +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse
> +mouseshape +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm +mouse_sgr 
> -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_urxvt +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme 
> +netbeans_intg +odbeditor +path_extra +perl +persistent_undo +postscript 
> +printer +profile +python -python3 +quickfix
> +reltime +rightleft +ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime 
> +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white 
> +tcl +terminfo +termresponse +textobjects +title +toolbar +transparency 
> +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit
> +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows 
> +writebackup -X11 -xfontset +xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
>    system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
>      user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
>       user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
>   system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
>     user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
>     system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
>   fall-back for $VIM: "/Applications/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim"
> Compilation: clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_MACVIM -Wall 
> -Wno-unknown-pragmas -pipe  -DMACOS_X_UNIX -no-cpp-precomp  -g -O2 
> -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1     
> -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Tcl.framework/Headers  -D_REENTRANT=1  
> -D_THREAD_SAFE=1  -D
> _DARWIN_C_SOURCE=1
> Linking: clang   -L.   -L.        -L/usr/local/lib -o Vim -framework Cocoa 
> -framework Carbon      -lncurses -liconv -framework Cocoa    
> -fstack-protector -L/usr/local/lib  
> -L/System/Library/Perl/5.12/darwin-thread-multi-2level/CORE -lperl -lm -lutil 
> -lc -framework Python
>   -F/System/Library/Frameworks -framework Tcl -framework CoreFoundation 
> -framework Ruby
>
> I am running on Mountain Lion. Let me know if I can do anything to help debug 
> this issue further.
>
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