Large file makes viewer blackout during compiling

[Turgon-Aran-Gondolin]

Expected behavior

Display older version while compiling

Actual behavior

Large file makes viewer blackout during compiling

Steps to reproduce

Choose a large enough tex file...

System configuration

• Vim version:

VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Oct 13 2017 07:02:21) Included patches: 1-1187 Modified by bugzilla@redhat.com Compiled by bugzilla@redhat.com Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): +acl +file_in_path +mouse_sgr +tag_old_static +arabic +find_in_path -mouse_sysmouse -tag_any_white +autocmd +float +mouse_urxvt -tcl -balloon_eval +folding +mouse_xterm +termguicolors -browse -footer +multi_byte +terminal ++builtin_terms +fork() +multi_lang +terminfo +byte_offset +gettext -mzscheme +termresponse +channel -hangul_input +netbeans_intg +textobjects +cindent +iconv +num64 +timers -clientserver +insert_expand +packages +title -clipboard +job +path_extra -toolbar +cmdline_compl +jumplist +perl/dyn +user_commands +cmdline_hist +keymap +persistent_undo +vertsplit +cmdline_info +lambda +postscript +virtualedit +comments +langmap +printer +visual +conceal +libcall +profile +visualextra +cryptv +linebreak +python/dyn +viminfo +cscope +lispindent +python3/dyn +vreplace +cursorbind +listcmds +quickfix +wildignore +cursorshape +localmap +reltime +wildmenu +dialog_con +lua/dyn +rightleft +windows +diff +menu +ruby/dyn +writebackup +digraphs +mksession +scrollbind -X11 -dnd +modify_fname +signs -xfontset -ebcdic +mouse +smartindent -xim +emacs_tags -mouseshape +startuptime -xpm +eval +mouse_dec +statusline -xsmp +ex_extra +mouse_gpm -sun_workshop -xterm_clipboard +extra_search -mouse_jsbterm +syntax -xterm_save +farsi +mouse_netterm +tag_binary
system vimrc file: "/etc/vimrc" user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc" 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc" user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc" defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim" fall-back for $VIM: "/etc" f-b for $VIMRUNTIME: "/usr/share/vim/vim80" Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security -fexceptions -fstack-protector-strong --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -grecord-gcc-switches -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-cc1 -m64 -mtune=generic -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/python3.6m -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,relro -specs=/usr/lib/rpm/redhat/redhat-hardened-ld -L/usr/local/lib -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lm -lnsl -lselinux -lncurses -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -Wl,--enable-new-dtags -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,relro -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib64/perl5/CORE -lperl -lpthread -lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lc

• Platform: Fedora 26

[badouralix]

@Turgon-Aran-Gondolin thanks for reporting! I also noticed the bug when previewing long-to-compile tex files

[Turgon-Aran-Gondolin]

Thanks for replying! I also found that sometimes the bug appears when I enter the insert mode in vim. The pdf file goes dark when I'm in insert mode and reappear for 1s after I exit it and go dark again, which is briefer this time and after 1 or 2s everything is back to normal.

[badouralix]

Hmm, going dark is weird... Which pdf viewer are you using?

[Turgon-Aran-Gondolin]

zathura

[nzetsu]

How about setting update time a bit higher?