patch 8.1.0571: non-silent execute() resets display column to zero commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/446e7a3cd36b2de7d559f167eb5795d1e1cd3ddb Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Dec 8 13:57:42 2018 +0100 patch 8.1.0571: non-silent execute() resets display column to zero Problem: Non-silent execute() resets display column to zero. Solution: Keep the display column as-is.

" gvimrc for test_gui_init.vim

if has('gui_athena') || has('gui_motif') || has('gui_gtk2') || has('gui_gtk3')
  set guiheadroom=0
  set guioptions+=p
endif