patch 8.0.0798: no highlighting in a terminal window with a finished job commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/63ecddab6d918214371ccaaeb10c118ae7c39d02 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Fri Jul 28 22:29:35 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0798: no highlighting in a terminal window with a finished job Problem: No highlighting in a terminal window with a finished job. Solution: Highlight the text.

" Test feedkeys() function.

func Test_feedkeys_x_with_empty_string()
  new
  call feedkeys("ifoo\<Esc>")
  call assert_equal('', getline('.'))
  call feedkeys('', 'x')
  call assert_equal('foo', getline('.'))

  " check it goes back to normal mode immediately.
  call feedkeys('i', 'x')
  call assert_equal('foo', getline('.'))
  quit!
endfunc