patch 8.0.0251: not easy to select Python 2 or 3 commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f42dd3c3901ea0ba38e67a616aea9953cae81b8d Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 28 16:06:38 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0251: not easy to select Python 2 or 3 Problem: It is not so easy to write a script that works with both Python 2 and Python 3, even when the Python code works with both. Solution: Add 'pyxversion', :pyx, etc. (Marc Weber, Ken Takata)

Test for writing and reading a file of over 100 Kbyte

1 line: "This is the start"
3001 lines: "This is the leader"
1 line: "This is the middle"
3001 lines: "This is the trailer"
1 line: "This is the end"

STARTTEST
:%d
aThis is the start
This is the leader
This is the middle
This is the trailer
This is the endkY3000p2GY3000p
:w! Xtest
:%d
:e! Xtest
:.w! test.out
3003G:.w >>test.out
6005G:.w >>test.out
:qa!
ENDTEST