patch 8.2.5019: cannot get the first screen column of a character Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0f7a3e1de6f71e8e1423fe594890d6aa7f94e132 Author: LemonBoy <thatlemon@gmail.com> Date: Thu May 26 12:10:37 2022 +0100 patch 8.2.5019: cannot get the first screen column of a character Problem: Cannot get the first screen column of a character. Solution: Let virtcol() optionally return a list. (closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/10482, closes #7964)

--- a/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_functions.vim
@@ -2947,4 +2947,15 @@ func Test_exepath()
   endif
 endfunc
 
+" Test for virtcol()
+func Test_virtcol()
+  enew!
+  call setline(1, "the\tquick\tbrown\tfox")
+  norm! 4|
+  call assert_equal(8, virtcol('.'))
+  call assert_equal(8, virtcol('.', v:false))
+  call assert_equal([4, 8], virtcol('.', v:true))
+  bwipe!
+endfunc
+
 " vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab