On 1/27/11, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote: > I would guess it takes 10 seconds because it processes the file as a > whole. I would guess vim doesn't do that, but I don't know.
I haven't thought of that! Actually Vim's syntax highlighting 'algorithm' is customizable. You can set it up to try highlighting the entire file, or it can do some magic and scan backwards N lines to figure out how to highlight the entire screen. Afaik the D syntax highlighting script doesn't scan the entire file at once, which probably explains the speed. :)
