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.

" Test feedkeys() function.

func Test_feedkeys_x_with_empty_string()
  new
  call feedkeys("ifoo\<Esc>")
  call assert_equal('', getline('.'))
  call feedkeys('', 'x')
  call assert_equal('foo', getline('.'))

  " check it goes back to normal mode immediately.
  call feedkeys('i', 'x')
  call assert_equal('foo', getline('.'))
  quit!
endfunc