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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.488
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.488
+Problem:    test_mapping fails for some people.
+Solution:   Set the 'encoding' option. (Ken Takata)
+Files:	    src/testdir/test_mapping.in
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.487/src/testdir/test_mapping.in	2014-10-21 16:22:01.407175226 +0200
+--- src/testdir/test_mapping.in	2014-10-22 22:04:48.422492595 +0200
+***************
+*** 3,8 ****
+--- 3,9 ----
+  STARTTEST
+  :so small.vim
+  :so mbyte.vim
++ :set encoding=utf-8
+  : " abbreviations with р (0x80) should work
+  :inoreab чкпр   vim
+  GAчкпр 
+*** ../vim-7.4.487/src/version.c	2014-10-21 20:57:11.538295006 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2014-10-22 22:05:33.758492694 +0200
+***************
+*** 743,744 ****
+--- 743,746 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     488,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+You had connectors?  Eeee, when I were a lad we 'ad to carry the
+bits between the computer and the terminal with a spoon...
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
+///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
+\\\  an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org        ///
+ \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///