> I just don't get why it needs to be so slow for editing remote files.
> The buffer is in memory so I don't get why it would be slow.

The first thing that occurs to me is the swapfile settings.  If 
it's trying to write the swapfile to the same remote network 
location, you'll get horrid lag.  Try

   :set directory-=.

or

   :let &directory=$TEMP

to instruct vim to write the swapfile(s) elsewhere. 
Alternatively, you can shut the swapfile off completely:

   :set noswapfile

or reduce the frequency with which it writes to the swapfile:

   :set updatecount=10000


One last alternative occurs to me:  check the output of

   :map

to see if you have any mappings for h/j/k/l and check

   :autocmd CursorHold
   :autocmd CursorHoldI
   :autocmd CursorMoved
   :autocmd CursorMovedI

to see if any event is firing that might drag you down.

-tim







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