On Dec 5, 8:47 pm, Greg Underwood <greg.underw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does your Windows shortcut run a cygwin gvim? > > I'm not sure where cygwin fits into this picture, otherwise. > > You do know there is a native Vim installer for Windows, right? > > I'm wondering if the extra startup time for the shortcut might have to > > do with starting the cygwin environment or something. > > Really you've given almost zero detail as to what your setup is. > > What options do you pass Vim? What version of Vim are you running? Are > > you launching the same Vim executable from your shortcut as from > > cygwin? If not, is it the same version? Do they use the same startup > > files? > > Very fair questions! My appologies. It was a long day and I was a bit > frustrated. Thanks for responding anyway ... hopefully we can sort this > out. :D > > My setup is: > > System: > > Win7 64-bit, running as dual-boot on an apple iMac. The problem is only > occurring on the Windows side of things, and as stated, only started to > occur on Friday, after updating some Windows software. (Apologies for > calling it Win32 originally - long-standing habit I should really break). > I do have the Mac version 7.3 of GVim installed on the Mac side and all is > well there - no slow downs. > > Installed Vim: > > Win32 version 7.3.46 of GVim installed via native installer for Win32, > installed into C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\... > The Windows shortcut is a direct shortcut to the native-installed GVim for > Win32 - C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\Vim73\gvim.exe >
Probably this won't matter, but that version IS quite old. There's more recent native installers available, or you can compile your own if you're so inclined. At work I just download the installer: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cream/files/Vim/ > Cygwin config: > > Cygwin installed - no version of vim installed from the Cygwin packages - I > didn't want parallel installations and any conflicts that might arise > therefrom. > Cygwin's $(HOME)/.bashrc has an alias mapping 'vi' to the Win32 native > install of GVim (same path as above). > Hmm, interesting. I'm not certain how well this will work. Apparently it mostly works fine for you, though with some slow-down on the Windows side. > I only set up one _vimrc file, in C:\Program Files (x86)\Vim\_vimrc > > When I run: > > When I launch GVim from both the Windows shortcut or right-click context > menu and from the Cygwin command line, it is obviously using the same > _vimrc file as my settings are different enough from the default to be > immediately obvious if GVim is loading with them or not (different > background color, bigger window, etc). > > My assumption is that they are therefore sharing all the same config files > and that I really am launching the same executable with the same config. > Is there a way I can ask GVim to tell me what all config files (with full > paths) it's using on startup to confirm this? > :scriptnames should do it. Also try to :echo &runtimepath to see where it looks for everything. But I'm guessing you made a decent assumption. > GVim is launched with no options on the command line - just a file name > when I'm editing a file, or no options at all when launching a new, blank > window. > So, probably no filetype-specific plugins interfering. > Other info: > > I mentioned Cygwin because, as far as I can tell, it's launching the same > executable with the same config files, but is doing it orders of magnitude > faster. Which seems very interesting, but I'm not sure how to interpret. > It certainly seemed relevant to the discussion. :) > I'd start by narrowing it down to plugins vs. your .vimrc. Try all of: gvim -i NONE (to check for the .viminfo/_viminfo file containing something ridiculous) gvim -N -u NORC -i NONE (to check for .vimrc/_vimrc causing it) gvim -N --noplugin -i NONE (to check for plugins causing it) gvim -N -u NONE -i NONE (to check all your config at once) -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
