patch 8.0.1645: test for terminal response to escape sequence may fail commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/086eb876951aa0b0bee3de4ed0569bf4b70c6f31 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Mar 25 21:24:12 2018 +0200 patch 8.0.1645: test for terminal response to escape sequence may fail Problem: Test for terminal response to escape sequence fails for some people. (toothpik) Solution: Run "cat" and let it echo the characters.

@echo off
rem To be used on MS-Windows for Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition
rem   aka Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0.
rem See INSTALLpc.txt for information.
@echo on

call "%VS90COMNTOOLS%vsvars32.bat"