patch 8.0.1632: in a terminal dump NUL and space are different commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/47015b80a0b0ff74ba7cb597d5959604b6e9a511 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Fri Mar 23 22:10:34 2018 +0100 patch 8.0.1632: in a terminal dump NUL and space are different Problem: In a terminal dump NUL and space considered are different, although they are displayed the same. Solution: When encountering NUL handle it like space.

README_unix.txt for version 8.0 of Vim: Vi IMproved.

This file explains the installation of Vim on Unix systems.
See "README.txt" for general information about Vim.


When you use the source distribution, "make install" is used to install Vim.
See the "INSTALL" file in the "src" directory.

If you use a compiled package, follow the instructions for the package.