On Aug 10, 2010, at 14:22 , John Beckett wrote: >> Sometimes I paste some text into the Vim command line >> (example: type ':echo ' then Ctrl-R a to paste register a). >> >> If I accidentally paste a large amount (kilobytes), I have to >> wait a very long time (several minutes) while Vim struggles >> to handle the text. Pressing Ctrl-C has no discernible effect. > > Some investigating shows that removing the following call to > redrawcmd() fixes the problem (this is not a solution, just > a preliminary observation):
Are you by any chance using MacVim? I had this problem with MacVim and raised it in the MacVim list. Here is how that conversation went: > On Jul 4, 2010, at 3:46 PM, björn wrote: > >> On 4 July 2010 13:13, Andy Block wrote: >>> On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:58 PM, björn wrote: >>> >>>> On 3 July 2010 21:25, Andy wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have one major annoyance with MacVim, which I'm surprised I can't >>>>> find anyone else mentioning. Specifically, on a semi-regular basis, I >>>>> copy a large amount of text from, e.g., a terminal session, switch to >>>>> vim, paste it, and - bang! I discover I was in command line mode and >>>>> as a result I am in for a long wait. >>>> >>>> Ouch! I was not aware of this problem. Fortunately there is an easy >>>> fix: use Cmd-. instead of Ctrl-C to interrupt. >>> >>> Thanks for you quick response, and suggested workaround. However, Cmd-. >>> also does not appear to interrupt for me. Did you confirm that it worked >>> for you? Would this behaviour depend on any configuration, or the setting >>> of some option? Thanks again, >> >> Yes, I did confirm before posting. Which version of MacVim are you >> using? You should be using a snapshot, or the 7.3a BETA [1] -- the >> stable build is probably too old. No configuration option will affect >> Cmd-. (it is hardwired). > > Ah - that'd be it then. I should have mentioned before that I am indeed using > the last stable build (7.2). I'll have a go with something more recent then. > Thanks again, regards, > > Andy Hope that is helpful! Regards, Andy -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php