patch 8.0.0172: command line window does not work commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/1d669c233c97486555a34f7d3f069068d9ebdb63 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Jan 11 22:40:19 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0172: command line window does not work Problem: The command selected in the command line window is not executed. (Andrey Starodubtsev) Solution: Save and restore the command line at a lower level. (closes #1370)

Test for search('multi-byte char', 'bce')

STARTTEST
:source small.vim
:source mbyte.vim
:set encoding=utf-8
:/^Test bce:/+1
:$put =search('Ａ', 'bce', line('.'))
:1;/^Results:/,$wq! test.out
ENDTEST

Results:

Test bce:
Ａ