CODEWITHSUNDEEP
phpperformancevim
user2694295
user2694295

Reputation: 390

Why is my vim slow when editing PHP files?

if I edit php file, Vim gets so slow... when I scroll text in normal mode or if I write in insert mode.

However my files aren't nothing special: until 90 characters per line, about 150 lines per file.

But Vim is slow only if I edit php file. When editing javascript with up to 700 lines and all plugins enabled, Vim runs fine (ps: for javascript I use much more performance demanding plugins).

In php files I do not get lags after I disable syntax highlighting (syntax off).
However, what's interesting Vim also runs fast with syntax highlighting enabled when I run Vim with flag:

--noplugin

With that known, I tried delete all my custom installed plugins and run Vim without --noplugin flag. - Unfortunately, vim still lagging when editing php files.

One important fact: It does not matter what kind of syntax highlighting I use. For all colorschemes behavior is same as described above.

I tried setting up these options (without change):

set nocursorcolumn
set nocursorline
syntax sync minlines=256

So, question is, what can I do for having vim which run without lags while editing php files?
I use Windows.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1132

Answers (1)

Ian
Ian

Reputation: 422

let g:loaded_matchparen = 1

At the top of my .vimrc solved the problem for me. This disabled the bundled plugin and my scrolling up and down and general speed of navigation improved substantially.

Upvotes: 2

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