commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a641e1d4da3f9152c489318c06a93fcd1c746637 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Jun 13 21:16:03 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1931 Problem: Using both old and new style file mark lines from viminfo. Solution: Skip the old style lines if the viminfo file was written with a Vim version that supports the new style.

Test for search('multi-byte char', 'bce')

STARTTEST
:source small.vim
:source mbyte.vim
:set encoding=utf-8
:/^Test bce:/+1
:$put =search('Ａ', 'bce', line('.'))
:1;/^Results:/,$wq! test.out
ENDTEST

Results:

Test bce:
Ａ