Relative Line Numbers in Vim

Re:Relative Line Numbers in Vim by danieldk on Monday June 03, 2013 @03:43AM (#5811910)

I have used (and like) relative line numbers for a while now. However, when using MacVim full-screen on large (high resolution) screens, the relativenumber and cursorline slow down redraws considerably on my Macs, to the point where it annoys me a lot.

Does anyone else have the same experience and perhaps a solution?

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Re:Relative Line Numbers in Vim by grapjas on Monday June 03, 2013 @04:10AM (#5811983)

Yes! Usually it's not a problem, but every now and then relativenumber really kills performance.

The last time I noticed this was with valgrind logs; and I have no idea what exactly is causing it (amount of lines doesn't seem to be it).

Thankfully it's perfectly usuable for day-to-day editing. Binding :set rn! to a key circumvents this problem well enough.

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Re:Relative Line Numbers in Vim by dekz on Monday June 03, 2013 @04:03AM (#5811965)

I see considerable slowdown when using just vim on OSX. It could be a fault of something else, but I also find my 'b'ack word slowed down considerably as well.

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Re:Relative Line Numbers in Vim by spupy on Monday June 03, 2013 @08:38AM (#5812850)

Not sure what cursorline is, but relativenumber redraws pretty slowly when scrolling a lot (like jjjjjjjjj) in gVim on a pretty powerful Windows 7 machine. Haven't noticed anything on my linux netbook, but it runs a newer vim version.

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Re:Relative Line Numbers in Vim by jevinskie on Monday June 03, 2013 @05:09AM (#5812148)

Have you tried the "experimental renderer" feature of MacVim? It made my unbeatably slow MacVim work fine.

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