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zsh-syntax-highlighting paste performance improvement
Add the following in .zshrc:
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plugins=(osx git zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-nvm docker kubectl)
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### Fix slowness of pastes with zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
pasteinit() {
OLD_SELF_INSERT=${${(s.:.)widgets[self-insert]}[2,3]}
zle -N self-insert url-quote-magic # I wonder if you'd need `.url-quote-magic`?
}
pastefinish() {
zle -N self-insert $OLD_SELF_INSERT
}
zstyle :bracketed-paste-magic paste-init pasteinit
zstyle :bracketed-paste-magic paste-finish pastefinish
### Fix slowness of pastes
source ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
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@KShaibani
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thanks

@dualfade
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Confirmed works. Just updated BlackArch with oh-my-zsh custom/plugins.

Thanks for this !
~!>D

@mohammed-ali-1
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Works! Thanks a lot for sharing this.

@michaellihs
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awesome - thanks a lot!

@oksep
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oksep commented Oct 9, 2020

It works fo me , thanks!

@log1cb0mb
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Was facing slow paste in VS Code terminal, this fixed it!

@vladyio
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vladyio commented Nov 11, 2020

THANKS!

@konekoya
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Thanks for this!

@Velosofy
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Velosofy commented Nov 14, 2020

In my case,
WSL Terminal is faster than before ( still took like 5s+ )
but in VSCode terminal, it only took 2secs

Weirdly, in WSLTerminal you can see the word is being pasted, but not in VSCode
Any insight ? Thanks

@daxmc99
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daxmc99 commented Jan 20, 2021

Not sure if sourcing ~/.zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh is needed. The original fix didn't need that step.

@kirschem
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Great, thx, works wonders! Sourcing was not needed for me.

@HannesHil
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HannesHil commented Jan 24, 2021

Thanks, works quite well.

@mtHuberty
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Worked for me too. Thanks! (Didn't need the source statement at the end though)

@mrcomoraes
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Thanks. It's worked for me.

@StrangeRanger
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I found that this worked as well: zstyle ':bracketed-paste-magic' active-widgets '.self-*'. I found the solution here: zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting#295 (comment).
@magicdude4eva Do you know if there are any major differences between your solution and the one provided in the issue in the link I provided?

@magicdude4eva
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magicdude4eva commented Mar 18, 2021

I do not think so - I just tried a number of things until performance was alright. I have honestly not looked at this since 2019. Surprised that this is seemingly not fixed and requires still a workaround.

@liranh85
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Worked perfectly for me - no more lags when pasting from the clipboard! 🎉

@Write
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Write commented Jun 14, 2021

As someone new to zsh && oh-my-zsh, thanks !

@spielhoelle
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Thanks worked

@GussSoares
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It's amazing! thank you so much for this, to paste now is so fast!

@GussSoares
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It's amazing! thank you so much for this, to paste now is so fast!

@shubhammatta
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Thanks! it worked.

@avatar-lavventura
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Are we required to source zsh-syntax-highlighting ?

@kohane27
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Are we required to source zsh-syntax-highlighting ?

I've disabled sourcing zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh and the fix still works.

@ksingh7
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ksingh7 commented Feb 3, 2022

Thanks, worked like charm @magicdude4eva when I visit your neighborhood, beer is on Me. Cheers

@brianbc2021
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Thanks! works for me :)

@yinlongsea
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it works for me, thanks

@ToontjeM
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ToontjeM commented Dec 5, 2022

Please submit to the zsh-syntax-highlighting maintainer as well.

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