patch 8.1.0993: ch_read() may return garbage if terminating NL is missing commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/772153f8d85c83e08427d93460a676d7f079f002 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Mar 4 12:09:49 2019 +0100 patch 8.1.0993: ch_read() may return garbage if terminating NL is missing Problem: ch_read() may return garbage if terminating NL is missing. Solution: Add terminating NUL. (Ozaki Kiichi, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4065)

" Simplistic way to make spaces and Tabs visible

" This can be added to an already active syntax.

syn match Space " "
syn match Tab "\t"
if &background == "dark"
  hi def Space ctermbg=darkred guibg=#500000
  hi def Tab ctermbg=darkgreen guibg=#003000
else
  hi def Space ctermbg=lightred guibg=#ffd0d0
  hi def Tab ctermbg=lightgreen guibg=#d0ffd0
endif