On Thu, 8 Sept 2022, 19:38 Tim Chase, <v...@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2022-09-08 11:30, Gary Johnson wrote:
> > I suspect that whatever is causing that 5-second startup time is
> > contributing to the read times of every file that gvim opens.
> > So, while 5 seconds is better than 30, solving that 5-second issue
> > may solve the rest.
> >
> > Unfortunately, I don't anything about diagnosing issues with Windows
> > or security programs.
>
> While my Windows experience is similarly limited, the symptoms sound
> suspiciously like either anti-virus software or a virus intervening
> on every file-system read to see if the file is infected/valuable.
>
> I'd be curious if apps take a similar amount of "bonus" time to
> load. If you (OP) have Python installed on the machine, it would
> be interesting to run the python interpreter and issue
>
> C:\> python -q
> >>> import os
> >>> f = open(os.path.expanduser("~/_vimrc"))
> >>> f.close()
>
> Entering that `open()` call should take negligible time, the blink
> of an eye. If that takes any noticeable amount of time, something
> outside vim is intercepting all your (OP's) file-reads at an
> atrocious cost.
>
That specific command produced an immediate file-not-found message (the
only _vimrc I have is in c:/vim). Running:
>>> f = open('c:/vim/_vimrc')
>>> f2 = open('c:/vim/vimfiles/vimrc')
both commands were instantaneous
>
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