> -----Original Message----- > From: Yakov Lerner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 3:03 PM > > On 5/2/06, John Player <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So I guess the help for 'vimgrep' is wrong and the > buffers are not > > > > kept loaded -- vim just remembers there file names. > > > > > > I made small experiment that shows that help for 'hide vimgrep' > > > is correct. > > > > > > I created 60MB size file x so that opening time > > > is very noticeable. After ':hide vimgrep blablabla x', command > > > ':e x' works immediately. Without ':hide vimgrep someting x', > > > ':e x' takes noticeable time. > > > > > > It follows that help for 'hide vimgrep' is correct. It is help for > > > unlisted-buffers that needs clarification. > > > > I am afraid that the difference you see is due to the fact that > > after 'vimgrep' the file is in the disk cache. Did you compare > > ':hide vimgrep ...' to ':vimgrep ...' ? I did and in both cases > > I did , too. File is in disk cache in both cases. In 1st case, > file opens imemdiately. In 2nd case, it takes time. I suspect > that for unlisted+hidden files, vim keeps swapfile open which is > what helps him open file immediately without using RAM. > Using :!ls I see that indeed in 1st case, .swp file exists, > and in 2nd case, there is no swapfile.
You may be right -- I don't use the swapfile so I don't see the difference. That still means that the help is incorrect. JP.
