commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/c1808d5822ed9534ef7f0fe509b15bee92a5cc28 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Apr 18 20:04:00 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1752 Problem: When adding to the quickfix list the current position is reset. Solution: Do not reset the position when not needed. (Yegappan Lakshmanan)

Test for search('multi-byte char', 'bce')

STARTTEST
:source small.vim
:source mbyte.vim
:set encoding=utf-8
:/^Test bce:/+1
:$put =search('Ａ', 'bce', line('.'))
:1;/^Results:/,$wq! test.out
ENDTEST

Results:

Test bce:
Ａ