Really a large lag if insert after a brace '{'

[RnYi]

Description

As the title said, inputing something after '{' will get a large lag. I test on both gvim(with coc.nvim) and neovim (with coc.nvim and nvim-cmp). I have a profile log to show you the problem:

FUNCTIONS SORTED ON TOTAL TIME
count  total (s)   self (s)  function
   30   4.249953   0.001727  coc#api#call()
   16   4.241497   0.000218  213()
    6   4.240878   0.003201  vimtex#complete#omnifunc()
    3   4.237677   0.000034  176()
    3   4.237643   0.000061  177()
    3   4.237582   0.004454  <SNR>87_get_texmf_candidates()
    6   4.233127   0.000816  vimtex#kpsewhich#run()
    6   4.220623   0.003417  vimtex#jobs#capture()
    6   4.214402   0.000117  vimtex#jobs#vim#capture()
    6   4.214286   0.007702  <SNR>128_vim_win_capture()
    1   0.028680   0.000021  <SNR>29_SyncAutocmd()
    1   0.028658   0.000027  coc#rpc#request()
    1   0.028619   0.028517  <SNR>32_request()
    8   0.015526   0.000466  193()
    8   0.008081   0.000194  vimtex#delim#get_current()
    8   0.007887   0.007030  <SNR>89_get_delim()
   12   0.007655             vimtex#paths#pushd()
   28   0.007067   0.004796  lightline#link()
    9   0.006729   0.003608  216()
   36   0.005851   0.000697  <SNR>29_Autocmd()

FUNCTIONS SORTED ON SELF TIME
count  total (s)   self (s)  function
    1   0.028619   0.028517  <SNR>32_request()
    6   4.214286   0.007702  <SNR>128_vim_win_capture()
   12              0.007655  vimtex#paths#pushd()
    8   0.007887   0.007030  <SNR>89_get_delim()
   28   0.007067   0.004796  lightline#link()
    3   4.237582   0.004454  <SNR>87_get_texmf_candidates()
   12              0.004277  vimtex#paths#popd()
    8              0.003722  192()
    9   0.006729   0.003608  216()
   36   0.003717   0.003478  <SNR>32_notify()
    6   4.220623   0.003417  vimtex#jobs#capture()
    6   4.240878   0.003201  vimtex#complete#omnifunc()
    3   0.002968   0.002896  coc#util#get_complete_option()
    8              0.002750  vimtex#syntax#stack()
   12   0.002704   0.002574  <SNR>37_Highlight_Matching_Pair()
    1   0.002271   0.002199  lightline#highlight()
   30   4.249953   0.001727  coc#api#call()
    2   0.001819   0.001575  <SNR>25_xkb_switch()
    1              0.001125  coc#util#echo_messages()
    6   0.001318   0.001018  lightline#onetab()

Steps to reproduce

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Expected behavior

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Actual behavior

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Do you use a latexmkrc file?

No

VimtexInfo

System info:
  OS: RANY-PC (Microsoft Windows 10 רҵ°æ)
  Vim version: VIM 8.2 (1-3491)
  Has clientserver: true
  Servername: GVIM

VimTeX project: test
  base: test.tex
  root: C:\Users\RanY\Desktop\OtherProjects\MyTheses\GraduationThesis
  tex: C:\Users\RanY\Desktop\OtherProjects\MyTheses\GraduationThesis\test.tex
  main parser: current file
  document class: 
  packages: article
  compiler: latexmk
    engine: -xelatex
    options:
      -verbose
      -file-line-error
      -synctex=1
      -interaction=nonstopmode
    build_dir: .tmp
    callback: 1
    continuous: 1
    executable: latexmk
  viewer: General
  qf method: LaTeX logfile

[RnYi]

I also test on vim with a minimal.vim as your example, so I have to use <C-x><C-o> to invoke complete menu, and errors are reported when I press after '{':

here is a translation of above errors:

Error detected while processing function vimtex#complete#omnifunc[30]..169[1]..170[2]..<SNR>61_get_texmf_candidates:
Line 16:
E484: Can not open file c:/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R^M
Error detected while processing function vimtex#complete#omnifunc[30]..169[1]..170:
Line 2:
E896: Argument of map() must be a List, Dictionary or Blob
Error detected while processing function vimtex#complete#omnifunc[30]..169[1]..<SNR>61_filter:
Line 16:
......

[lervag]

I'm quite sure this is related to things described in #2291.

Can you do this:

1. Create some empty test folder.
2. Create file test.vim with the content below.
3. Run nvim --clean --headless -u test.vim from inside the folder (e.g. from Powershell).

" test.vim
set nocompatible
set runtimepath^=/path/to/vimtex
filetype plugin indent on

let g:vimtex_cache_root = '.'

silent edit empty.tex

for s:x in vimtex#kpsewhich#run('--all ls-R')
  unsilent echo printf("file: '%s'", s:x)
endfor

quitall!

[RnYi]

I'm quite sure this is related to things described in #2291.

Can you do this:

1. Create some empty test folder.
2. Create file test.vim with the content below.
3. Run nvim --clean --headless -u test.vim from inside the folder (e.g. from Powershell).

" test.vim
set nocompatible
set runtimepath^=/path/to/vimtex
filetype plugin indent on

let g:vimtex_cache_root = '.'

silent edit empty.tex

for s:x in vimtex#kpsewhich#run('--all ls-R')
  unsilent echo printf("file: '%s'", s:x)
endfor

quitall!

I put the test.vim in a empty dir, and output are below:

'ile: 'c:/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R
'ile: 'c:/texlive/2021/texmf-config/ls-R
'ile: 'c:/texlive/2021/texmf-var/ls-R
'ile: 'c:/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/ls-R

nvim_servernames.log is generated in the dir, with content below:

\\.\pipe\nvim-10508-0

[lervag]

Thanks. The output is not as expected, which is "good" in the sense that this may explain the issue. On my end, the output is similar to "file: '/path/ls-R'" on each line.

If you do nvim test.tex, then do :echo systemlist('cmd /s /c "kpsewhich --all ls-R"') - what's the output now?

[lervag]

Oh, and the nvim_servernames.log is not important here, so just disregard it.

[lervag]

I hope this may be fixed now. Can you update, then do :VimtexClearCaches all. Then first repeat my above minimal test and report the output, then try to reproduce the original issue.

[RnYi]

I hope this may be fixed now. Can you update, then do :VimtexClearCaches all. Then first repeat my above minimal test and report the output, then try to reproduce the original issue.

output:

file: 'c:/texlive/texmf-local/ls-R'
file: 'c:/texlive/2021/texmf-config/ls-R'
file: 'c:/texlive/2021/texmf-var/ls-R'
file: 'c:/texlive/2021/texmf-dist/ls-R'

Now all packages installed locally can be suggested by omni. Although the large lag still exists, it only appeared in the beginning I input something after '\documentclass{' and \usepackage{, It seems like VimTex is loading packages in such a lag.

[lervag]

I don't experience the lag myself (at all!), so I would not mind figuring out what the problem is. Are you able to create a minimal example and explain the details of reproducing?

Also, an updated profiling would be nice (please explain how you do it, though - it helps me to properly understand what I see).

[RnYi]

I don't experience the lag myself (at all!), so I would not mind figuring out what the problem is. Are you able to create a minimal example and explain the details of reproducing?

Also, an updated profiling would be nice (please explain how you do it, though - it helps me to properly understand what I see).

My minimal.vim:

set nocompatible
let &runtimepath  = '~/.vim/bundle/vimtex,' . &runtimepath
" let &runtimepath  = '~/.vim/bundle/coc.nvim,' . &runtimepath
let &runtimepath .= ',~/.vim/bundle/vimtex/after'
" let &runtimepath .= ',~/.vim/bundle/coc.nvim/after'
filetype plugin indent on
syntax enable
let g:vimtex_view_general_viewer = 'SumatraPDF.exe'

how to reproduce:

1. nvim -u minimal.vim test.tex
2. run cmd :profile start output.log and :profile func vimtex*, so that all functions whose name begin with 'vimtex' will be profiled.
3. press <C-x><C-o> after "\documentclass{", completing menu will appear after a large lag. But next time you want to compelete documentclass, no lag bothers you. And also, a large lag will appear in the first time you compelete \usepackage and lag goes away in next time.

my output.log:
output.log

Maybe it's just a performance issue specific to Windows

[lervag]

Could you show the profile log with profile func *? The filter removes the function that actually causes the lag.

[lervag]

Hmm, ok, I can reproduce this. It is same with Vim and neovim in my test setup. The lag is caused by the call systemlist line in jobs/*.vim and is in a way not really due to VimTeX. This is used to run kpsewhich --all ls-R to find the available package files and similar for completion.

Not sure what to do about this, right now. The kpsewhich call is quick on Linux.

[lervag]

My tests earlier were all with MikTeX. I now uninstalled MikTeX and installed TeXlive and now kpsewhich was suddenly much faster and everything worked as expected. Did you by any chance switch to MikTeX in the meantime?

[RnYi]

My tests earlier were all with MikTeX. I now uninstalled MikTeX and installed TeXlive and now kpsewhich was suddenly much faster and everything worked as expected. Did you by any chance switch to MikTeX in the meantime?

No, I installed only texlive.

[lervag]

Well, then, ok. I don't know what else to do here. Sorry. :\

Could you try to reinstall texlive? I used a more or less minimal install - perhaps thats the problem?

[RnYi]

Well, then, ok. I don't know what else to do here. Sorry. :\

Could you try to reinstall texlive? I used a more or less minimal install - perhaps thats the problem?

Maybe. I installed almost all packages :). Thank you for your hard working, close it.

[lervag]

Thanks - feel free to open a similar/related issue if you're able to pinpoint more specifically how I could improve VimTeX. In the meantime, I hope it works well enough!