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List:       vim
Subject:    Re: Vim hang when XML syntax highlighting very long lines?
From:       Bram Moolenaar <Bram () moolenaar ! net>
Date:       2004-02-26 20:52:02
Message-ID: 200402262052.i1QKq2PK013609 () moolenaar ! net
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Andrew Kephart wrote:

> 	I haven't been able to find this in the archives, so please
> forgive me if this has been mentioned before...
> 
> 	I've noticed a hang in vim (6.2.120) when syntax highlighting 
> an XML file with really long (>8000char) lines. 
> 
> 	Whenever one of these really long lines is brought onscreen, 
> vim hangs (or, more precisely, pauses for a long time; ~30sec).
> 
> 	If I turn off syntax highlighting, there's no problem; if I 
> change the filetype (to html, for example), there's no problem.
> 
> 	Any suggestions?

This is a known problem.  Long XML lines are simply too complicated to
do syntax highlighting for (without tricks).  I am still thinking of a
way to speed it up.

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