vim slow writing process

crs_zxf · 02-26-2009, 10:23 PM

each time I use ":w" in vim to save a file, I always need to wait for a few seconds, especially the first time I run ":w", this is boring, I wonder if there's a way to speed up writing process in Vim? Thanks!

TB0ne · 02-27-2009, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crs_zxf

each time I use ":w" in vim to save a file, I always need to wait for a few seconds, especially the first time I run ":w", this is boring, I wonder if there's a way to speed up writing process in Vim? Thanks!

No, and write/save times depend on how big the file is, and what's going on, on the disk you're writing to.

crs_zxf · 02-27-2009, 11:26 PM

In fact, even a file containing only one character takes a few seconds to save, so I wonder if there is a method like synchronizing the writing process so that I don't need to wait until the process completes.

crs_zxf · 03-02-2009, 12:11 AM

finally, I found out the cause of my vim's slow saving, by default, vim will make a backup of the currently editing file every time you invoke ":w", this will slow the save process prominently (at least in my case), so I add the following code to my .vimrc

Code:

 set nobackup

now the save process completes instantly.

Great !!!