From c19f3a857ce0168988daa0bed94cb4e0638f7dd8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2018 17:05:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent slowdowns related to excessively long lines by
 preventing syntax highlighting after 300th character

---
 vim/config/settings.vim | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/vim/config/settings.vim b/vim/config/settings.vim
index 49c4068..91d2196 100644
--- a/vim/config/settings.vim
+++ b/vim/config/settings.vim
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     "FILE: {{{
         filetype plugin indent on "enable filetype-based auto-indentation
         syntax on "enable syntax highlighting
+        set synmaxcol=300 "disable syntax highlighting on a given line after 300 characters
         set formatoptions=roqnl12 "how automatic formatting is to be done
         set diffopt=foldcolumn:0,filler "vimdiff default settings
         set foldmethod=syntax foldcolumn=1 foldlevel=2 "fold layers 3 and deeper