Performance problems of vscode-vim can cause delayed typing
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Description
The vim plug-in will slow down the performance of vscode, which is very serious in insert mode.
As shown in the figure below, this is the delay when I repeat the keystrokes after opening the vim plug-in. When my mouse starts to move, my hands have left the keyboard, but it still hasn't finished typing:

If I disable the vim plugin, the speed increase of vscode will be obvious:

Is there any good solution to avoid this situation? this It greatly affected my programming speed!
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Research direction
Reproduce the delay in insert mode with the Vim plug-in enabled, then compare typing performance with the plug-in disabled as shown in the issue's recordings. The issue does not name files or tests; done means identifying and resolving the cause of delayed keystrokes.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools, performance
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100