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+To: vim-dev@vim.org
+Subject: patch 7.0.178
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
+Mime-Version: 1.0
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+------------
+
+Patch 7.0.178
+Problem:    When 'enc' is "utf-8" and 'ignorecase' is set the result of ":echo
+	    ("\xe4" == "\xe4")" varies.
+Solution:   In mb_strnicmp() avoid looking past NUL bytes.
+Files:	    src/mbyte.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.0.177/src/mbyte.c	Wed Nov  1 18:10:36 2006
+--- src/mbyte.c	Tue Dec  5 22:04:34 2006
+***************
+*** 2294,2301 ****
+--- 2294,2307 ----
+  	    }
+  	    /* Check directly first, it's faster. */
+  	    for (j = 0; j < l; ++j)
++ 	    {
+  		if (s1[i + j] != s2[i + j])
+  		    break;
++ 		if (s1[i + j] == 0)
++ 		    /* Both stings have the same bytes but are incomplete or
++ 		     * have illegal bytes, accept them as equal. */
++ 		    l = j;
++ 	    }
+  	    if (j < l)
+  	    {
+  		/* If one of the two characters is incomplete return -1. */
+*** ../vim-7.0.177/src/version.c	Tue Dec  5 21:45:20 2006
+--- src/version.c	Tue Dec  5 22:08:08 2006
+***************
+*** 668,669 ****
+--- 668,671 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     178,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+Trees moving back and forth is what makes the wind blow.
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
+///        sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\
+\\\        download, build and distribute -- http://www.A-A-P.org        ///
+ \\\            help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org    ///
diff --git a/README.patches b/README.patches
index ec66aa3..72c58ff 100644
--- a/README.patches
+++ b/README.patches
@@ -198,3 +198,13 @@ Individual patches for Vim 7.0:
   1865  7.0.166  crash with cscope when a file descriptor is NULL
   1942  7.0.167  can't redefine a function in a dictionary
   2224  7.0.168  reading uninitialized memory and a memory leak in recovery
+  1812  7.0.169  Visual block highlighting not removed for "I" and "A"
+  2545  7.0.170  (extra) Win32: un-maximizing and tab pages line problem
+ 14457  7.0.171  (extra) VMS: problem with file names with multiple paths
+  2389  7.0.172  crash when recovering a file and quitting hit-enter prompt
+  1703  7.0.173  ":call f().TT()" doesn't work
+  2838  7.0.174  ":mksession" doesn't restore tab page window layout properly
+  1498  7.0.175  tr() didn't add a final NUL
+  1781  7.0.176  ":emenu" isn't executed directly, breaks the crypt key prompt
+  4292  7.0.177  key from mapping at press-enter prompt would be remapped
+  1565  7.0.178  comparing utf-8 strings with 'ic' may look past NUL bytes