From 5f68accccfd2e7cf2b7c4563b0ceb51a68f97868 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valodim <valodim@mugenguild.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:50:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Don't highlight if buffer is longer than
 $ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_MAXLENGTH

---
 zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
index 3f72ff2..674aaf2 100644
--- a/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
+++ b/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ _zsh_highlight()
   # Store the previous command return code to restore it whatever happens.
   local ret=$?
 
+  # Do not highlight if there are more than 300 chars in the buffer. It's most
+  # likely a pasted command or a huge list of files in that case..
+  [[ -n $ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_MAXLENGTH ]] && [[ $#BUFFER -gt $ZSH_HIGHLIGHT_MAXLENGTH ]] && return $ret
+
   # Do not highlight if there are pending inputs (copy/paste).
   [[ $PENDING -gt 0 ]] && return $ret