patch 8.0.0227: crash with ff=dos when first line in file has no CR commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2aa5f696b91a51f29873e340de4bdc182e1e8dd4 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Jan 24 15:46:48 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0227: crash with ff=dos when first line in file has no CR Problem: Crash when 'fileformat' is forced to "dos" and the first line in the file is empty and does not have a CR character. Solution: Don't check for CR before the start of the buffer.

README_unix.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

This file explains the installation of Vim on Unix systems.
See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.


When you use the source distribution, "make install" is used to install Vim.
See the "INSTALL" file in the "src" directory.

If you use a compiled package, follow the instructions for the package.