And it is caused by the new feature: commit ec2da36ca48b40c0654b32a8d2c9f52e796daa5e Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Jan 21 20:04:22 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0210: no support for bracketed paste Problem: Vim does not support bracketed paste, as implemented by xterm and other terminals. Solution: Add t_BE, t_BD, t_PS and t_PE. If I 'set t_BE=', it works again. I am not sure if this is a bug or feature to set it for everybody.