Re: vim hangs (slows) intermittently in mlterm on some UTF8 files

[xuser <xuser%sdf.org@localhost>]

Are there non UTF-8 Chars in the file?
And also try xterm.


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On Thu, 14 Dec 2023, Mayuresh wrote:

> I connect to a server running NetBSD 9.2 amd64 using mlterm on Void Linux
> over ssh.
>
> Sometimes when a file with UTF-8 characters is opened in vim on this
> setup, vim hangs for several seconds, often about a minute and then
> resumes.
>
> The behavior is not necessarily reproducible on the same file immediately
> again but does occur annoyingly frequently.
>
> So I created a NetBSD VM on the client side and launched mlterm from it.
> But this problem doesn't occur in that.
>
> In both the cases LANG=en_US.UTF-8 is set on both the client and the
> server side.
>
> Then I built mlterm using same pkgsrc options on Void Linux, to rule out
> any build differences causing this. But the problem does occur on this
> mlterm build as well.
>
> I find this intriguing and thought of sharing and seeking help. Would
> appreciate help.
>
> --
> Mayuresh