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.

, foo
keyword keyword
all your base 
are belong to vim
1 2 3 4 5 7
'i'   <-- should be 3 ' '
'C'   <-- should be 3 ' '
'a'    <-- should be 4 ' '
'A'<-- should be 0 ' '
'D'   <-- 'D' should be intact
this is a test
this is a test
this is a test
"r"    x<-- should be 'x'
"r"  x  <-- should be '  x  '
[This line should contain only the text between the brackets.]
   v   i   m   <-- should show the name of a noted text editor
    6   .   0   <-- and its version number

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