Macvim lags while Vim on terminal is buttery smooth
I am running OS X Lion 10.7.3 and Macvim runs significantly slower than vim on the terminal for me. All movement commands in Macvim are much slower. Moving up and down in visual mode is equally as laggy. I see none of this lag when using vim from the terminal.
Does anyone know what the reasons may be?
I am running NERDtree on every open tab, and I know this contributes some memory overhead and potentially some slow down; but even when I don't run NERDtree Macvim runs much slower than vim from the terminal.
Any help in solving this would be greatly appreciated.
macos vim terminal osx-lion macvim
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
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asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
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I am running OS X Lion 10.7.3 and Macvim runs significantly slower than vim on the terminal for me. All movement commands in Macvim are much slower. Moving up and down in visual mode is equally as laggy. I see none of this lag when using vim from the terminal.
Does anyone know what the reasons may be?
I am running NERDtree on every open tab, and I know this contributes some memory overhead and potentially some slow down; but even when I don't run NERDtree Macvim runs much slower than vim from the terminal.
Any help in solving this would be greatly appreciated.
macos vim terminal osx-lion macvim
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
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Please add a list of the plugins in your~/.vim/folder.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 5:56
add a comment |
I am running OS X Lion 10.7.3 and Macvim runs significantly slower than vim on the terminal for me. All movement commands in Macvim are much slower. Moving up and down in visual mode is equally as laggy. I see none of this lag when using vim from the terminal.
Does anyone know what the reasons may be?
I am running NERDtree on every open tab, and I know this contributes some memory overhead and potentially some slow down; but even when I don't run NERDtree Macvim runs much slower than vim from the terminal.
Any help in solving this would be greatly appreciated.
macos vim terminal osx-lion macvim
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
3115
I am running OS X Lion 10.7.3 and Macvim runs significantly slower than vim on the terminal for me. All movement commands in Macvim are much slower. Moving up and down in visual mode is equally as laggy. I see none of this lag when using vim from the terminal.
Does anyone know what the reasons may be?
I am running NERDtree on every open tab, and I know this contributes some memory overhead and potentially some slow down; but even when I don't run NERDtree Macvim runs much slower than vim from the terminal.
Any help in solving this would be greatly appreciated.
macos vim terminal osx-lion macvim
macos vim terminal osx-lion macvim
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
3115
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
3115
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
edited May 30 '12 at 5:52
romainl
17.7k23245
17.7k23245
asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
3115
asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
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asked May 30 '12 at 2:31
SaamJB
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3115
Please add a list of the plugins in your~/.vim/folder.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 5:56
add a comment |
Please add a list of the plugins in your~/.vim/folder.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 5:56
Please add a list of the plugins in your
~/.vim/ folder.– romainl
May 30 '12 at 5:56
Please add a list of the plugins in your
~/.vim/ folder.– romainl
May 30 '12 at 5:56
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The first thing to do is to start MacVim with mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin, which will prevent any startup files from running. If it is no longer slow to respond, you have a configuration problem somewhere.
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
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answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
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How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
1
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script calledmvim. In the terminal, type/path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
add a comment |
The Vim you are running in Terminal.app is probably the default Vim provided by Apple. It is built with much less features than MacVim so it's starting and working much faster.
Is MacVim slow in every occasion? When editing any filetype? Only for some filetypes?
Vim is notoriously prone to slowdown when syntax-highlighting very long lines, would that be the case here? Is vim still slow after :syntax off?
Some other things known for slowing down Vim are :set cursorline and :set cursorcolumn.
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
Doingsyntax offdefinitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.
– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
add a comment |
I have no diagnosis for the problem, but reinstalling (potentially updating to a newer version, I don't remember which version I was previously running) MacVim solved almost all of the lag. It isn't quite as fast as Vim on the terminal, but this is to be expected.
It is no longer unbearably slow.
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
add a comment |
My problem was mainly that MacVim opened, read, and wrote especially slowly (sometimes upward of 15 seconds). mvim --startuptime revealed that sourcing files from .vimrc and the runtime/ directory was taking most of the time, and the problem was solved by adding the line:
set rtp+=/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-73/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim
As you can see, I am using a Homebrew install of MacVim, and accordingly you should make sure you enter the correct path and version number.
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
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The first thing to do is to start MacVim with mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin, which will prevent any startup files from running. If it is no longer slow to respond, you have a configuration problem somewhere.
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
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answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
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How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
1
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script calledmvim. In the terminal, type/path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
add a comment |
The first thing to do is to start MacVim with mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin, which will prevent any startup files from running. If it is no longer slow to respond, you have a configuration problem somewhere.
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
1034
answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
14.8k54157
How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
1
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script calledmvim. In the terminal, type/path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
add a comment |
The first thing to do is to start MacVim with mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin, which will prevent any startup files from running. If it is no longer slow to respond, you have a configuration problem somewhere.
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
1034
answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
14.8k54157
The first thing to do is to start MacVim with mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin, which will prevent any startup files from running. If it is no longer slow to respond, you have a configuration problem somewhere.
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
1034
answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
14.8k54157
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
1034
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
1034
edited Dec 15 at 21:47
Stephen Kiningham
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1034
answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
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answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
Heptite
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answered May 30 '12 at 3:22
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How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
1
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script calledmvim. In the terminal, type/path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
add a comment |
How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
1
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script calledmvim. In the terminal, type/path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.
– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
How do I launch macvim this way?
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 5:00
1
1
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script called
mvim. In the terminal, type /path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
@SaamJB, MacVim is distributed with a CLI script called
mvim. In the terminal, type /path/to/where/you/have/put/mvim -u NONE -U NONE --noplugin.– romainl
May 30 '12 at 6:10
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
I am experiencing the same issues myself and launching without plugins causes a huge speedup. Are there any good ways to narrow done which plugin is causing this bar placing them back in one by one?
– Patrick O'Doherty
Jun 20 '12 at 21:06
add a comment |
The Vim you are running in Terminal.app is probably the default Vim provided by Apple. It is built with much less features than MacVim so it's starting and working much faster.
Is MacVim slow in every occasion? When editing any filetype? Only for some filetypes?
Vim is notoriously prone to slowdown when syntax-highlighting very long lines, would that be the case here? Is vim still slow after :syntax off?
Some other things known for slowing down Vim are :set cursorline and :set cursorcolumn.
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
Doingsyntax offdefinitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.
– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
add a comment |
The Vim you are running in Terminal.app is probably the default Vim provided by Apple. It is built with much less features than MacVim so it's starting and working much faster.
Is MacVim slow in every occasion? When editing any filetype? Only for some filetypes?
Vim is notoriously prone to slowdown when syntax-highlighting very long lines, would that be the case here? Is vim still slow after :syntax off?
Some other things known for slowing down Vim are :set cursorline and :set cursorcolumn.
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
Doingsyntax offdefinitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.
– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
add a comment |
The Vim you are running in Terminal.app is probably the default Vim provided by Apple. It is built with much less features than MacVim so it's starting and working much faster.
Is MacVim slow in every occasion? When editing any filetype? Only for some filetypes?
Vim is notoriously prone to slowdown when syntax-highlighting very long lines, would that be the case here? Is vim still slow after :syntax off?
Some other things known for slowing down Vim are :set cursorline and :set cursorcolumn.
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
The Vim you are running in Terminal.app is probably the default Vim provided by Apple. It is built with much less features than MacVim so it's starting and working much faster.
Is MacVim slow in every occasion? When editing any filetype? Only for some filetypes?
Vim is notoriously prone to slowdown when syntax-highlighting very long lines, would that be the case here? Is vim still slow after :syntax off?
Some other things known for slowing down Vim are :set cursorline and :set cursorcolumn.
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
answered May 30 '12 at 6:06
romainl
17.7k23245
17.7k23245
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
Doingsyntax offdefinitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.
– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
add a comment |
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
Doingsyntax offdefinitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.
– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
I tried this before reinstalling and it didn't solve the issue. Thanks for the help though.
– SaamJB
May 30 '12 at 22:17
Doing
syntax off definitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
Doing
syntax off definitely, makes MacVim file navigation faster.– r3bo0t
Oct 23 '17 at 6:24
add a comment |
I have no diagnosis for the problem, but reinstalling (potentially updating to a newer version, I don't remember which version I was previously running) MacVim solved almost all of the lag. It isn't quite as fast as Vim on the terminal, but this is to be expected.
It is no longer unbearably slow.
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
add a comment |
I have no diagnosis for the problem, but reinstalling (potentially updating to a newer version, I don't remember which version I was previously running) MacVim solved almost all of the lag. It isn't quite as fast as Vim on the terminal, but this is to be expected.
It is no longer unbearably slow.
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
add a comment |
I have no diagnosis for the problem, but reinstalling (potentially updating to a newer version, I don't remember which version I was previously running) MacVim solved almost all of the lag. It isn't quite as fast as Vim on the terminal, but this is to be expected.
It is no longer unbearably slow.
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
I have no diagnosis for the problem, but reinstalling (potentially updating to a newer version, I don't remember which version I was previously running) MacVim solved almost all of the lag. It isn't quite as fast as Vim on the terminal, but this is to be expected.
It is no longer unbearably slow.
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
answered May 30 '12 at 22:16
SaamJB
3115
3115
add a comment |
add a comment |
My problem was mainly that MacVim opened, read, and wrote especially slowly (sometimes upward of 15 seconds). mvim --startuptime revealed that sourcing files from .vimrc and the runtime/ directory was taking most of the time, and the problem was solved by adding the line:
set rtp+=/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-73/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim
As you can see, I am using a Homebrew install of MacVim, and accordingly you should make sure you enter the correct path and version number.
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
1306
add a comment |
My problem was mainly that MacVim opened, read, and wrote especially slowly (sometimes upward of 15 seconds). mvim --startuptime revealed that sourcing files from .vimrc and the runtime/ directory was taking most of the time, and the problem was solved by adding the line:
set rtp+=/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-73/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim
As you can see, I am using a Homebrew install of MacVim, and accordingly you should make sure you enter the correct path and version number.
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
1306
add a comment |
My problem was mainly that MacVim opened, read, and wrote especially slowly (sometimes upward of 15 seconds). mvim --startuptime revealed that sourcing files from .vimrc and the runtime/ directory was taking most of the time, and the problem was solved by adding the line:
set rtp+=/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-73/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim
As you can see, I am using a Homebrew install of MacVim, and accordingly you should make sure you enter the correct path and version number.
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
1306
My problem was mainly that MacVim opened, read, and wrote especially slowly (sometimes upward of 15 seconds). mvim --startuptime revealed that sourcing files from .vimrc and the runtime/ directory was taking most of the time, and the problem was solved by adding the line:
set rtp+=/usr/local/Cellar/macvim/7.4-73/MacVim.app/Contents/Resources/vim
As you can see, I am using a Homebrew install of MacVim, and accordingly you should make sure you enter the correct path and version number.
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
1306
edited Jun 26 '14 at 4:29
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
1306
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
1306
answered Jun 25 '14 at 16:06
katriel
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