patch 8.0.0615: using % with :hardcopy wrongly escapes spaces commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/bf15b8d78b22661db8b19d662b62bb9a061cdd37 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jun 4 20:43:48 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0615: using % with :hardcopy wrongly escapes spaces Problem: Using % with :hardcopy wrongly escapes spaces. (Alexey Muranov) Solution: Expand % differently. (Christian Brabandt, closes https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1682)

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{'silent': 0, 'noremap': 0, 'lhs': 'foo<C-V>', 'mode': ' ', 'nowait': 0, 'expr': 0, 'sid': 0, 'rhs': 'is<F4>foo', 'buffer': 0}
{'silent': 1, 'noremap': 1, 'lhs': 'bar', 'mode': 'v', 'nowait': 0, 'expr': 1, 'sid': 0, 'rhs': 'isbar', 'buffer': 1}
{'silent': 0, 'noremap': 0, 'lhs': 'foo', 'mode': ' ', 'nowait': 1, 'expr': 0, 'sid': 0, 'rhs': 'bar', 'buffer': 1}
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