[Bug 808941] [NEW] gvim in ubuntu is slow when switching tabs or navigating lines

[Roman Snitko]

Public bug reported:

It's been like this forever really. Because I worked both on Ubuntu and
MacOSX interchangeably I didn't care as much. Now I think maybe it's
time to finally find out what is wrong with it.

THE PROBLEM: when I switch tabs or navigate the lines with arrows or J,K
keys and when I do it repeatedly (as if when trying to find the right
tab holding Ctrl and hitting Tab) it seems to be delaying the action.
When I stop hitting the keys gvim may still be finishing the operations
(for instance, I stop hitting Ctrl+Tab, gvim may switch 5 more tabs -
the number depends on how long I've been hitting Ctrl+Tab - before it
stops).

MacVim with similar settings in .vimrc works just fine. The delays are
present both when Compiz is turned off and turned on. Any ideas?

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: vim-gnome 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5~20110427-generic 2.6.39-rc5
Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 11 22:24:32 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.gnome
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vim
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-05 (36 days ago)

** Affects: vim (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug apport-lpi natty running-unity

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Title:
  gvim in ubuntu is slow when switching tabs or navigating lines

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  It's been like this forever really. Because I worked both on Ubuntu
  and MacOSX interchangeably I didn't care as much. Now I think maybe
  it's time to finally find out what is wrong with it.

  THE PROBLEM: when I switch tabs or navigate the lines with arrows or
  J,K keys and when I do it repeatedly (as if when trying to find the
  right tab holding Ctrl and hitting Tab) it seems to be delaying the
  action. When I stop hitting the keys gvim may still be finishing the
  operations (for instance, I stop hitting Ctrl+Tab, gvim may switch 5
  more tabs - the number depends on how long I've been hitting Ctrl+Tab
  - before it stops).

  MacVim with similar settings in .vimrc works just fine. The delays are
  present both when Compiz is turned off and turned on. Any ideas?

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: vim-gnome 2:7.3.035+hg~8fdc12103333-1ubuntu7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.39-0.5~20110427-generic 2.6.39-rc5
  Uname: Linux 2.6.39-0-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jul 11 22:24:32 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/vim.gnome
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: vim
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-06-05 (36 days ago)

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