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 complicated + argument to :edit command
function Test_edit()
  call writefile(["foo|bar"], "Xfile1") 
  call writefile(["foo/bar"], "Xfile2") 
  edit +1|s/|/PIPE/|w Xfile1| e Xfile2|1 | s/\//SLASH/|w
  call assert_equal(["fooPIPEbar"], readfile("Xfile1"))
  call assert_equal(["fooSLASHbar"], readfile("Xfile2"))
endfunction