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One Weird Trick To Make Vim Go Faster On Your Mac

9 pointsby DaNmarnerabout 11 years ago

5 comments

anveoabout 11 years ago
If you want to automate this:<p><pre><code> defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0 defaults write NSGlobalDomain InitialKeyRepeat -int 12</code></pre>
Gravitylossabout 11 years ago
Surprised, isn&#x27;t this something that everyone does on OSX right after install &#x2F; opening a new computer anyway? I don&#x27;t understand how they came up with the slow-as-molasses defaults.<p>Mouse responsiveness has also always been inexcusably sub-par compared to Windows and Linux.
tsmabout 11 years ago
This is a <i>preference</i>, not an <i>optimization</i>.<p>I have very high key repeat and mouse speed on my laptop, and when coworkers pair with me they don&#x27;t say, &quot;Wow, your vim is so much faster than mine!&quot; They say, &quot;Geez, your computer is crazy!&quot;
nanofortnightabout 11 years ago
Are you holding down hjkl or something?
ntkachovabout 11 years ago
Odd, I have them both all the way on the right and it still feels slugish to me.