patch 8.0.0936: mode() returns wrong value for a terminal window commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2bb7b6b0e477612cc098cba27cc63ec3d19a2527 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Aug 13 20:58:33 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0936: mode() returns wrong value for a terminal window Problem: Mode() returns wrong value for a terminal window. Solution: Return 't' when typed keys go to a job.

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

The source archive contains the files needed to compile Vim on Unix systems.
It is packed for Unix systems (NL line separator).

For more information, see the README.txt file that comes with the runtime
archive (vim-8.0-rt.tar.gz).  To be able to run Vim you MUST get the runtime
archive too!