commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/f71d7b9ee5ceba75f70c30845332ddd728fd16c6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Aug 9 22:14:05 2016 +0200 patch 7.4.2189 Problem: Cannot detect encoding in a fifo. Solution: Extend the stdin way of detecting encoding to fifo. Add a test for detecting encoding on stdin and fifo. (Ken Takata)

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