On Jan 7, 4:22 pm, Tony Mechelynck <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Reading C:\Program Files\vim\vim72\vimrc_example.vim goes much faster
> than readingftp://ftp.vim.org/pub/vim/patches/7.2/READMEbecause the
> former is on your computer and can be read extremely fast, the latter
> must be transmitted over a network with limited speed and an additional
> overhead to establish the connection. Even if the server is on your own
> computer, getting a file via a server involves much more overhead
> (before the first byte of the file can be read) than reading a file
> directly in C:\path\to\filename.ext format your hard disk.
>
I think, that when Hugo mentions "old fashioned drive letters" vs UNC
paths, he is referring to a "mapped network drive" as Windows calls
it, which is just a shortcut to a UNC path.
If I understand correctly, Hugo is noticing a speed difference
accessing the _same_ file using two different methods. For example, if
you have a "U:" drive mapped to "\\server\userspace\username", and try
to access U:\example.txt, it will be much faster than accessing \
\server\userspace\username\example.txt.
Please correct me if I'm misrepresenting your problem, Hugo.
Unfortunately, I cannot say that I've noticed this problem, nor do I
really understand networking in Windows very well, so I won't be of
much help.
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