created by

Charles Campbell

script type

utility

description

Editing large files can be a time consuming process as Vim is working on a number of things behind the scenes, such as maintaining an undo database, searching for a syntax highlighting synchronization point, etc.  LargeFile.vim is a very small "plugin"; mostly, its just an autocmd that disables certain features of vim in the interests of speed. There's an option:  g:LargeFile (by default, its 100).  It describes the minimum size of a file needed for it to be considered as a "LargeFile", in megabytes.  You may set that option in your <.vimrc>. The plugin is based on vimtip#611. (alpha/beta version available at http://www.drchip.org/astronaut/vim/index.html#LARGEFILE)

install details

Edit LargeFile.vba.gz:   vim LargeFile.vba.gz   :so % (this presumes that you have gunzip on your command path)

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
LargeFile.vba.gz	5	2013-11-25	7.3	Charles Campbell	Undo for non-large windows retained if possible (ie. using 7.4 with patch 73 or if your vim has("persistent_undo") )
LargeFile.vba.gz	4	2008-09-23	6.0	Charles Campbell	:Large[!] turns :LargeFile mode back on (reverses :Unlarge)
LargeFile.vba.gz	4	2008-09-23	6.0	Charles Campbell	:Large[!] implemented (:Large! forces large-file mode)
LargeFile.vba.gz	3	2007-05-24	6.0	Charles Campbell	:Unlarge command now undoes what LargeFile does LargeFile uses getfsize() to decide if a file is large; however, that function may return numbers less than -1 for files between 2GB - 4GB.  LargeFile will treat any such file to be a "large file".
LargeFile.vim.gz	2	2006-03-30	6.0	Charles Campbell	Now has GetLatestVimScripts support. Bugfix -- the g:LargeFile option now usefully settable from <.vimrc>.

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