> I notice other problems. For example, $ (in Normal mode) takes me to > the fifth character. (With 'ruler' set, I see 17-5 in the status line.) > Maybe there is a null byte in the fifth or sixth multi-byte character?
I think "$" and "ruler" are working correctly; the other 'characters' are combining characters and you cannot navigate to them directly. But if you do 'ga' on the second character, you'll see it's composed of two characters (05dc and 05b0). Thanks for verifying the problem isn't just my builds :)