patch 8.0.1000: cannot open a terminal without running a job in it commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/13ebb03e7520c2c34f93444b0146640ca08e7424 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Aug 26 22:02:51 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.1000: cannot open a terminal without running a job in it Problem: Cannot open a terminal without running a job in it. Solution: Make ":terminal NONE" open a terminal with a pty.