> I'm not sure what you mean here; in particular, what do
 > you mean by "scan"?  Do you actually mean moving about in
 > the file?

I believe he's talking about using ^P/^N in insert-mode
where it scans (using the 'complete' setting) various other
open buffers/windows/files.  If one of those other buffers
happens to be a huge file, it's a royal pain.  E.g.

   vim honkin_huge_file.txt
   :e small_file.txt

go into insert mode and start typing something followed by
^N or ^P to auto-complete what you typed.  Vim will scan
honkin_huge_file.txt for completion-matches which can take a
fair bit of time based on processor speed, memory (or how
much was swapped out), and the file-size.

Ideally there would be a way for LargeFile.vim to prevent
honkin_huge_file.txt from being scanned.  I don't believe there's
currently any way for LF.vim to set this per-buffer.

-tim








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