commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4d585022023b96f6507e8cae5ed8fc8d926f5140 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Apr 14 19:50:22 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1740 Problem: syn-cchar defined with matchadd() does not appear if there are no other syntax definitions which matches buffer text. Solution: Check for startcol. (Ozaki Kiichi, haya14busa, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/757)

--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -749,6 +749,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    1740,
+/**/
     1739,
 /**/
     1738,