patch 8.0.1067: try/catch in timer does not prevent it from being stopped commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/e723c42836d971180d1bf9f98916966c5543fff1 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Sep 6 23:40:10 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.1067: try/catch in timer does not prevent it from being stopped Problem: Using try/catch in timer does not prevent it from being stopped. Solution: Reset the exception context and use did_emsg instead of called_emsg.

" 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