" Measure how long it takes to unplace signs. " " Source this file with `:source %` or `vim -S unplace.vim` let num = 500 sign define Foo text=* new call append(0, range(1, num)) for i in range(1, num) execute "sign place ".i." line=".i." name=Foo buffer=".bufnr('') endfor let start = reltime() for i in range(1, num) execute "sign unplace ".i endfor let elapsed = reltime(start) bdelete! echom split(reltimestr(elapsed))[0]."s to remove ".num." signs" echom string(reltimefloat(elapsed) * 1000 / num).' ms/sign' echom string(float2nr(num / reltimefloat(elapsed))).' sign/s'