Startup of vim-fish is insanely slow

[avegancafe]

I've been loving using fish, but I've found that the startup time of this plugin is super slow, upwards of 5 seconds sometimes. I've pasted below a bit of the output of my vim --startuptime vim.log test.fish command. Is there any way to improve the performance? I'm not sure if it's just me, but I'd definitely like to use this plugin without the startuptime lag

152.351  000.095  000.095: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.2/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/vimballPlugin.vim
152.531  000.138  000.138: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.2/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
152.600  002.106: loading plugins
152.606  000.006: inits 3
156.487  003.881: reading ShaDa
157.076  000.589: clearing screen
165.099  001.021  001.021: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.2/share/nvim/runtime/scripts.vim
2122.220  1956.397  1956.397: sourcing /Users/Kyle/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/ftplugin/fish.vim
2122.991  000.027  000.027: sourcing /Users/Kyle/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/indent/fish.vim
2123.407  000.110  000.110: sourcing /Users/Kyle/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/syntax/fish.vim
2123.910  000.191  000.191: sourcing /Users/Kyle/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-airline/autoload/airline/extensions.vim

[pierrebeaucamp]

Any update on this? I had to uninstall vim-fish because of it

[avegancafe]

Ditto, still no updates from me. I just uninstalled it @pierrebeaucamp

[ElijahLynn]

Ubuntu 14.04, Fish 2.4.0, vim-fish 825853f (master)
fast for me: The ftplugin/fish.vim lead is the longest of the loads but still 31ms.

048.776  001.217: loading plugins
048.917  000.141: loading packages
048.937  000.020: inits 3
049.570  000.633: reading viminfo
049.599  000.029: setting raw mode
049.608  000.009: start termcap
049.635  000.027: clearing screen
053.393  001.163  001.163: sourcing /usr/share/vim/vim74/scripts.vim
054.569  000.663  000.663: sourcing /home/elijah/.vim/bundle/vim-fish/syntax/fish.vim
086.425  031.327  031.327: sourcing /home/elijah/.vim/bundle/vim-fish/ftplugin/fish.vim
087.978  000.053  000.053: sourcing /home/elijah/.vim/bundle/vim-fish/indent/fish.vim
088.643  005.802: opening buffers

[ElijahLynn]

Can you checkout master from source and try? That way we can compare.

[ElijahLynn]

Also, @pierrebeaucamp are you also using Homebrew and Neovim? Is it easy for you try with normal Vim, not in home brew?

[pierrebeaucamp]

I'm using Neovim. I checked out master, but it still takes multiple seconds to load. Longest file to load is ftplugin/fish.vim as well, which takes nearly 2 seconds.

[avegancafe]

This seems to have fixed it for myself in both vim and neovim (sorry @pierrebeaucamp!), thanks for the update @ElijahLynn

[ElijahLynn]

@kyleholzinger So to confirm, you are using master, Homebrew and Neovim or Vim and the speed is normal now and it appears that using master resolved the issue?

[avegancafe]

@ElijahLynn Yes sir! I'm on master, installed both Vim and NeoVim with homebrew, and startup is all back to normal (at most 100ms or so).

[gmile]

I'm running into the slowness issue as well.

I use:

• neovim 0.1.7
• fish 2.5.0

Both installed via homebrew.

I ran:

$ nvim --startuptime vim.log .config/fish/config.fish

Click "Details" below to see the log. Note the following line:

2901.355  2805.314  2805.314: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/ftplugin/fish.vim

Details

$ cat vim.log
times in msec
 clock   self+sourced   self:  sourced script
 clock   elapsed:              other lines

000.010  000.010: --- NVIM STARTING ---
000.646  000.636: locale set
001.511  000.865: inits 1
001.529  000.018: window checked
002.118  000.589: parsing arguments
002.122  000.005: expanding arguments
002.181  000.059: inits 2
002.324  000.143: init highlight
003.039  000.317  000.317: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/autoload/pathogen.vim
031.817  000.092  000.092: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/apiblueprint.vim/ftdetect/apiblueprint.vim
032.014  000.041  000.041: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/rust.vim/ftdetect/rust.vim
032.268  000.151  000.151: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-elixir/ftdetect/elixir.vim
032.549  000.178  000.178: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/ftdetect/fish.vim
032.764  019.438  018.976: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/filetype.vim
032.970  000.047  000.047: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/ftplugin.vim
033.161  000.040  000.040: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/indent.vim
033.821  000.224  000.224: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/syncolor.vim
033.957  000.522  000.298: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/synload.vim
033.996  000.735  000.213: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/syntax.vim
034.676  000.181  000.181: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/syncolor.vim
035.079  000.183  000.183: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/syntax/syncolor.vim
041.581  007.486  007.122: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/base16-vim/colors/base16-default-dark.vim
041.667  039.154  011.091: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/init.vim
041.675  000.197: sourcing vimrc file(s)
041.976  000.085  000.085: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/apiblueprint.vim/plugin/apiary.vim
042.129  000.102  000.102: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/apiblueprint.vim/plugin/apiblueprint.vim
043.710  001.399  001.399: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/bufexplorer/plugin/bufexplorer.vim
044.782  000.439  000.439: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/ctrlp.vim/autoload/ctrlp/mrufiles.vim
045.039  001.153  000.714: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/ctrlp.vim/plugin/ctrlp.vim
046.422  000.252  000.252: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/autoload/nerdtree.vim
048.782  000.942  000.942: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/path.vim
049.114  000.194  000.194: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/menu_controller.vim
049.369  000.128  000.128: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/menu_item.vim
049.667  000.174  000.174: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/key_map.vim
050.119  000.327  000.327: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/bookmark.vim
050.614  000.366  000.366: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/tree_file_node.vim
051.352  000.609  000.609: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/tree_dir_node.vim
051.804  000.325  000.325: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/opener.vim
052.305  000.375  000.375: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/creator.vim
052.508  000.078  000.078: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/flag_set.vim
052.854  000.222  000.222: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/nerdtree.vim
053.487  000.509  000.509: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/ui.vim
053.649  000.039  000.039: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/event.vim
053.834  000.061  000.061: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/lib/nerdtree/notifier.vim
054.655  000.683  000.683: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/autoload/nerdtree/ui_glue.vim
073.828  000.105  000.105: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/nerdtree_plugin/exec_menuitem.vim
074.550  000.647  000.647: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/nerdtree_plugin/fs_menu.vim
074.818  029.507  023.470: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/nerdtree/plugin/NERD_tree.vim
075.021  000.048  000.048: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/rust.vim/plugin/rust.vim
079.319  004.125  004.125: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fugitive/plugin/fugitive.vim
080.113  000.219  000.219: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/gzip.vim
080.175  000.013  000.013: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/health.vim
080.282  000.064  000.064: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/man.vim
080.914  000.587  000.587: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/matchit.vim
081.153  000.192  000.192: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/matchparen.vim
081.705  000.496  000.496: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/netrwPlugin.vim
081.850  000.080  000.080: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/rplugin.vim
081.922  000.016  000.016: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/rrhelper.vim
082.106  000.123  000.123: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/shada.vim
082.204  000.035  000.035: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/spellfile.vim
082.439  000.175  000.175: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/tarPlugin.vim
082.610  000.112  000.112: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/tohtml.vim
082.693  000.029  000.029: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/tutor.vim
082.961  000.215  000.215: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/plugin/zipPlugin.vim
083.052  002.603: loading plugins
083.263  000.210: loading packages
083.273  000.010: inits 3
087.346  004.073: reading ShaDa
090.208  002.861: clearing screen
095.523  000.683  000.683: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/scripts.vim
2901.355  2805.314  2805.314: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/ftplugin/fish.vim
2902.246  000.050  000.050: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/indent/fish.vim
2902.771  000.169  000.169: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/vim-fish/syntax/fish.vim
2905.582  000.294  000.294: sourcing /usr/local/Cellar/neovim/0.1.7/share/nvim/runtime/autoload/remote/host.vim
2906.201  000.193  000.193: sourcing /Users/gmile/.config/nvim/bundle/ctrlp.vim/autoload/ctrlp/utils.vim
2907.541  010.630: opening buffers
2907.599  000.058: BufEnter autocommands
2907.605  000.006: editing files in windows
2908.033  000.427: VimEnter autocommands
2908.035  000.002: before starting main loop
2913.764  005.729: first screen update
2913.767  000.003: --- NVIM STARTED ---
$

[babakness]

Mind blowingly slow for me, wow. Any direction on how to improve the load time?

[gmile]

@babakness can you run vim with --startuptime flag like this:

vim --startuptime vim.log some_file.txt

And post here the contents of vim.log?

In my case I have solved the problem after I noticed incorrectly configured fish, specifically the usage of fish_user_paths fish's function.

[babakness]

@gmile
Sure, relevant bits here:

065.290  000.046: setting raw mode
065.294  000.004: start termcap
065.313  000.019: clearing screen
074.441  001.215  001.215: sourcing /usr/local/share/vim/vim80/scripts.vim
5024.670  4950.498  4950.498: sourcing /Users/me/.vim/bundle/vim-fish/ftplugin/fish.vim
5025.775  000.068  000.068: sourcing /Users/me/.vim/bundle/vim-fish/indent/fish.vim
5026.555  000.195  000.195: sourcing /Users/me/.vim/bundle/vim-fish/syntax/fish.vim
5027.115  010.826: opening buffers
5027.171  000.056: BufEnter autocommands
5027.176  000.005: editing files in windows
5027.498  000.322: VimEnter autocommands
5027.499  000.001: before starting main loop
5028.096  000.597: first screen update
5028.097  000.001: --- VIM STARTED ---

[babakness]

similar issue with nvim. Both installed via brew on mac.

[gmile]

@babakness can you run this:

fish -p profile.txt -c 'echo "Hello, world!"'

And post the contents of profile.txt?