patch 8.0.0250: virtcol() does not work well for multi-byte characters commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/0c0590d9827cb07a33c1552cb3558b94bddcb4dc Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 28 13:48:10 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0250: virtcol() does not work well for multi-byte characters Problem: When virtcol() gets a column that is not the first byte of a multi-byte character the result is unpredictable. (Christian Ludwig) Solution: Correct the column to the first byte of a multi-byte character. Change the utf-8 test to new style.

" Common preparations for running tests.

" Make sure 'runtimepath' and 'packpath' does not include $HOME.
set rtp=$VIM/vimfiles,$VIMRUNTIME,$VIM/vimfiles/after
if has('packages')
  let &packpath = &rtp
endif

" Only when the +eval feature is present. 
if 1
  " Make sure $HOME does not get read or written.
  let $HOME = '/does/not/exist'
endif