dstein64 / vim-startuptime

A plugin for profiling Vim and Neovim startup time.

vim-startuptime

vim-startuptime is a plugin for viewing vim and nvim startup event timing information. The data is automatically obtained by launching (n)vim with the --startuptime argument. See :help startuptime-configuration for details on customization options.

Requirements

• vim>=8.0.1453 or nvim>=0.3.1
  • The plugin may work on earlier versions, but has not been tested.
  • The plugin depends on compile-time features for vim (not applicable for nvim).
    • +startuptime is required.
    • +timers is recommended, to capture all startup events.
    • +terminal is required.

Installation

A package manager can be used to install vim-startuptime.

Examples

• Vim8 packages:
  • git clone https://github.com/dstein64/vim-startuptime ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/vim-startuptime
• Vundle:
  • Add Plugin 'dstein64/vim-startuptime' to ~/.vimrc
  • :PluginInstall or $ vim +PluginInstall +qall
• Pathogen:
  • git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/dstein64/vim-startuptime ~/.vim/bundle/vim-startuptime
• vim-plug:
  • Add Plug 'dstein64/vim-startuptime' to ~/.vimrc
  • :PlugInstall or $ vim +PlugInstall +qall
• dein.vim:
  • Add call dein#add('dstein64/vim-startuptime') to ~/.vimrc
  • :call dein#install()
• NeoBundle:
  • Add NeoBundle 'dstein64/vim-startuptime' to ~/.vimrc
  • Re-open vim or execute :source ~/.vimrc

Usage

• Launch vim-startuptime with :StartupTime.
• Press K on events to get additional information.
• Press gf on sourcing events to load the corresponding file in a new split.
• The key sequences above can be customized (:help startuptime-configuration).
• Times are in milliseconds.

Documentation

Documentation can be accessed with either:

:help vim-startuptime

or:

:StartupTime --help

The underlying markup is in startuptime.txt.

There is documentation on the following topics.

Topic	:help {subject}
Arguments	startuptime-arguments
Modifiers	startuptime-modifiers
Vim Options	startuptime-vim-options
Configuration	startuptime-configuration
Color Customization	startuptime-color-customization

License

The source code has an MIT License.

See LICENSE.