On 01/29/12 18:50, Tim Johnson wrote:
I've been using vim for 12 years now :) and am just getting around
to ask this question.

Why is the ^ so slow?
When I press ^, there is a noticeable wait time
before the first non-blank char is selected.

Answer: it's not, by default. :)

It's likely a mapping that starts with "^" interfering, waiting for the mapping timeout.

As AK answered, check for mappings beginning with "^". Another test would be to check if the time-to-wait changes based on the value you put in for 'timeoutlen'. If you set it to something ridiculously high like 20000, do you have to wait an agonizing 20 seconds before "^" sends you to the beginning of the line?

I suspect it may have entered your mappings by mistakingly typing something like

  nnoremap ^K something_I_want_to_do_with_ctrl+K

instead of

  nnoremap <c-k> something_I_want_to_do_with_ctrl+K

-tim




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