Since the reporter was the only one to see this, and is no longer seeing it, and I am also unable to see it in Edgy, I am closing it as Fix Released.
** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu) Status: Needs Info => Fix Released -- Dapper: hitting q: in (g)vim causes a long cpu hang when syntax highlighting is enabled https://launchpad.net/bugs/35925 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs