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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.4.834
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.4.834
+Problem:    gettabvar() doesn't work after Vim start. (Szymon Wrozynski)
+Solution:   Handle first window in tab still being NULL. (Christian Brabandt)
+Files:      src/eval.c, src/testdir/test91.in, src/testdir/test91.ok
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.4.833/src/eval.c	2015-08-13 23:28:38.242878357 +0200
+--- src/eval.c	2015-08-25 16:14:37.962043098 +0200
+***************
+*** 12291,12297 ****
+      {
+  	/* Set tp to be our tabpage, temporarily.  Also set the window to the
+  	 * first window in the tabpage, otherwise the window is not valid. */
+! 	if (switch_win(&oldcurwin, &oldtabpage, tp->tp_firstwin, tp, TRUE)
+  									== OK)
+  	{
+  	    /* look up the variable */
+--- 12291,12298 ----
+      {
+  	/* Set tp to be our tabpage, temporarily.  Also set the window to the
+  	 * first window in the tabpage, otherwise the window is not valid. */
+! 	if (switch_win(&oldcurwin, &oldtabpage,
+! 		    tp->tp_firstwin == NULL ? firstwin : tp->tp_firstwin, tp, TRUE)
+  									== OK)
+  	{
+  	    /* look up the variable */
+*** ../vim-7.4.833/src/testdir/test91.in	2014-09-09 16:13:05.040531695 +0200
+--- src/testdir/test91.in	2015-08-25 16:14:21.978209619 +0200
+***************
+*** 5,12 ****
+  :so small.vim
+  :so mbyte.vim
+  :"
+- :" Test for getbufvar()
+  :" Use strings to test for memory leaks.
+  :let b:var_num = '1234'
+  :let def_num = '5678'
+  :$put =string(getbufvar(1, 'var_num'))
+--- 5,16 ----
+  :so small.vim
+  :so mbyte.vim
+  :"
+  :" Use strings to test for memory leaks.
++ :" First, check that in an empty window, gettabvar() returns the correct value
++ :let t:testvar='abcd'
++ :$put =string(gettabvar(1,'testvar'))
++ :$put =string(gettabvar(1,'testvar'))
++ :" Test for getbufvar()
+  :let b:var_num = '1234'
+  :let def_num = '5678'
+  :$put =string(getbufvar(1, 'var_num'))
+*** ../vim-7.4.833/src/testdir/test91.ok	2014-09-09 16:13:05.040531695 +0200
+--- src/testdir/test91.ok	2015-08-25 16:14:21.978209619 +0200
+***************
+*** 1,4 ****
+--- 1,6 ----
+  start:
++ 'abcd'
++ 'abcd'
+  '1234'
+  '1234'
+  {'var_num': '1234'}
+*** ../vim-7.4.833/src/version.c	2015-08-25 15:39:51.459826645 +0200
+--- src/version.c	2015-08-25 16:14:09.318341510 +0200
+***************
+*** 743,744 ****
+--- 743,746 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     834,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+A special law prohibits unmarried women from parachuting on Sunday or she
+shall risk arrest, fine, and/or jailing.
+		[real standing law in Florida, United States of America]
+
+ /// Bram Moolenaar -- Bram@Moolenaar.net -- http://www.Moolenaar.net   \\\
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