--- title: AstroVim slow on large files | daily.dev description: AstroVim may experience lag on very large files due to vim-illuminate. Disabling illuminate or adjusting the large file cutoff can solve the problem. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/astrovim-slow-on-large-files-q9mlmkzmk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: AstroVim slow on large files | daily.dev og:description: AstroVim may experience lag on very large files due to vim-illuminate. Disabling illuminate or adjusting the large file cutoff can solve the problem. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/astrovim-slow-on-large-files-q9mlmkzmk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Q9mLmKzmk.png og:image:alt: AstroVim slow on large files og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # AstroVim slow on large files **[RUBYLAND](https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AstroVim may experience lag on very large files due to vim-illuminate. Disabling illuminate or adjusting the large file cutoff can solve the problem. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#lua](https://daily.dev/tags/lua) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/astrovim-slow-on-large-files-q9mlmkzmk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"AstroVim slow on large files","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/astrovim-slow-on-large-files-q9mlmkzmk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/astrovim-slow-on-large-files-q9mlmkzmk"},"datePublished":"2024-04-19T12:24:16.509Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:06:09.090Z","description":"AstroVim may experience lag on very large files due to vim-illuminate. Disabling illuminate or adjusting the large file cutoff can solve the problem.","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/54bfcfaf09722771e61d6fffcd83ea60?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/54bfcfaf09722771e61d6fffcd83ea60?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"RUBYLAND","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"RUBYLAND","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/rubyla","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/astrovim-slow-on-large-files-q9mlmkzmk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"lua","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"RUBYLAND","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/rubyla"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"AstroVim slow on large files"}]} ```