--- title: "Vim Patches Yielding Faster GTK3 Wayland Performance: \"Major Milestone\"" url: https://daily.dev/posts/vim-patches-yielding-faster-gtk3-wayland-performance-major-milestone--srupg7tcv source_url: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vim-GTK3-Wayland-Faster type: article source: "Phoronix" published: 2026-06-28T10:38:13.276Z updated: 2026-06-28T10:38:39.142Z tags: ["linux", "performance", "vim"] reading_time: 1 upvotes: 1 comments: 0 language: 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. # Vim Patches Yielding Faster GTK3 Wayland Performance: "Major Milestone" **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A pending pull request for Vim introduces deferred dirty redraw handling for its GTK3 Wayland back-end, significantly improving scrolling speed, smoothness, and reducing CPU usage. The change reworks how redraws are queued during key input and continuous key-repeat events. The Vim developer behind the patch describes it as a major milestone in GTK3 Wayland performance, with the improvement awaiting merge while GTK4 support continues to mature. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Vim Merges GTK4 Toolkit Support, Co-Authored-By Claude](https://daily.dev/posts/vim-merges-gtk4-toolkit-support-co-authored-by-claude-epszsdgfu) · Phoronix · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Vim 9.2 Released With Experimental Wayland Support, Better HiDPI Display Support](https://daily.dev/posts/vim-9-2-released-with-experimental-wayland-support-better-hidpi-display-support-3jxtbwd8o) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Vim 9.2 released : vim online](https://daily.dev/posts/vim-9-2-released-vim-online-s0fipzhfk) · Hacker News · 5 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#vim](https://daily.dev/tags/vim) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/vim-patches-yielding-faster-gtk3-wayland-performance-major-milestone--srupg7tcv)