*** main.c.orig	Mon Sep 26 13:49:52 2005
--- main.c	Sat Oct 08 12:00:18 2005
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*** 218,223 ****
--- 218,229 ----
       * work until set_init_1() has been called!
       */
      setlocale(LC_ALL, "");
+ # ifdef WIN32
+     /* Apparently MS-Windows printf() may cause a crash when we give it
+      * 8-bit text while it's expecting text in the current locale.  This
+      * call avoids that. */
+     setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C");
+ # endif
  
  # ifdef FEAT_GETTEXT
      {
*** ex_cmds2.c.orig	Mon May 16 23:35:40 2005
--- ex_cmds2.c	Sat Oct 08 11:51:54 2005
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*** 5656,5662 ****
--- 5656,5670 ----
  		 * FEAT_GETTEXT isn't defined, so that shell commands use this
  		 * value. */
  		if (what == LC_ALL)
+ 		{
  		    vim_setenv((char_u *)"LANG", name);
+ #ifdef WIN32
+ 		    /* Apparently MS-Windows printf() may cause a crash when
+ 		     * we give it 8-bit text while it's expecting text in the
+ 		     * current locale.  This call avoids that. */
+ 		    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "C");
+ #endif
+ 		}
  		if (what != LC_CTYPE)
  		{
  		    char_u	*mname;