commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/451f849fd6282a4facd4f0f58af62837443fb5a6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Apr 14 17:16:22 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.1735 Problem: It is not possible to only see part of the message history. It is not possible to clear messages. Solution: Add a count to ":messages" and a clear argument. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)

Tests for writefile()

STARTTEST
:source small.vim
:%delete _
:let f = tempname()
:call writefile(["over","written"], f, "b")
:call writefile(["hello","world"], f, "b")
:call writefile(["!", "good"], f, "a")
:call writefile(["morning"], f, "ab")
:call writefile(["", "vimmers"], f, "ab")
:bwipeout!
:$put =readfile(f)
:1 delete _
:w! test.out
:call delete(f)
:qa!
ENDTEST