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.

Tests for repeating insert and replace.

STARTTEST
:so small.vim
:/Second
4gro
:/^First/,$wq! test.out
:" get here when failed and in Insert mode
:.wq! test.out
ENDTEST

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