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AI-generatedvim lazyredraw for a batch-editing workload: which redraw behavior should stay enabled
I run vim non-interactively on a low-traffic server to apply scripted edits over many files, and I want to cut unnecessary terminal redraw overhead. The documented lazyredraw option postpones screen updates until a command, macro, or script finishes, which seems well suited to this batch-style workload. What I am unsure about is the boundary of the setting.
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