diff --git a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
index 7c5f973..cd039c0 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_visual.vim
@@ -81,12 +81,11 @@
   " thus preventing the problem:
   exe "normal! GV:call TriggerTheProblem()\<CR>"
   call assert_equal("Everything's fine.", g:msg)
-
 endfunc
 
 " Test for visual block shift and tab characters.
 func Test_block_shift_tab()
-  enew!
+  new
   call append(0, repeat(['one two three'], 5))
   call cursor(1,1)
   exe "normal i\<C-G>u"
@@ -95,7 +94,7 @@
   call assert_equal('on1 two three', getline(2))
   call assert_equal('on1 two three', getline(5))
 
-  enew!
+  %d _
   call append(0, repeat(['abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'], 5))
   call cursor(1,1)
   exe "normal \<C-V>4jI    \<Esc>j<<11|D"
@@ -120,12 +119,26 @@
   call assert_equal("    abc\<Tab>\<Tab>defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", getline(4))
   call assert_equal("    abc\<Tab>    defghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz", getline(5))
 
-  enew!
+  " Test for block shift with space characters at the beginning and with
+  " 'noexpandtab' and 'expandtab'
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ["      1", "      2", "      3"])
+  setlocal shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab
+  exe "normal gg\<C-V>3j>"
+  call assert_equal(["\t1", "\t2", "\t3"], getline(1, '$'))
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ["      1", "      2", "      3"])
+  setlocal shiftwidth=2 expandtab
+  exe "normal gg\<C-V>3j>"
+  call assert_equal(["        1", "        2", "        3"], getline(1, '$'))
+  setlocal shiftwidth&
+
+  bw!
 endfunc
 
 " Tests Blockwise Visual when there are TABs before the text.
 func Test_blockwise_visual()
-  enew!
+  new
   call append(0, ['123456',
 	      \ '234567',
 	      \ '345678',
@@ -147,12 +160,12 @@
 	      \ "\t\tsomext",
 	      \ "\t\ttesext"], getline(1, 7))
 
-  enew!
+  bw!
 endfunc
 
 " Test swapping corners in blockwise visual mode with o and O
 func Test_blockwise_visual_o_O()
-  enew!
+  new
 
   exe "norm! 10i.\<Esc>Y4P3lj\<C-V>4l2jr "
   exe "norm! gvO\<Esc>ra"
@@ -171,7 +184,7 @@
         \            '...a   bf.',
         \            '..........'], getline(1, '$'))
 
-  enew!
+  bw!
 endfun
 
 " Test Virtual replace mode.
@@ -459,15 +472,13 @@
 
 " Test for 'p'ut in visual block mode
 func Test_visual_block_put()
-  enew
-
+  new
   call append(0, ['One', 'Two', 'Three'])
   normal gg
   yank
   call feedkeys("jl\<C-V>ljp", 'xt')
   call assert_equal(['One', 'T', 'Tee', 'One', ''], getline(1, '$'))
-
-  enew!
+  bw!
 endfunc
 
 " Visual modes (v V CTRL-V) followed by an operator; count; repeating
@@ -646,6 +657,12 @@
   norm! G1vy
   call assert_equal('four', @")
 
+  " characterwise visual mode: replace a single character line and the eol
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, "a")
+  normal v$rx
+  call assert_equal(['x'], getline(1, '$'))
+
   bwipe!
 endfunc
 
@@ -741,6 +758,66 @@
   exe "normal! \<C-V>j2lD"
   call assert_equal(['ax', 'ax'], getline(3, 4))
 
+  " Test block insert with a short line that ends before the block
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ["  one", "a", "  two"])
+  exe "normal gg\<C-V>2jIx"
+  call assert_equal(["  xone", "a", "  xtwo"], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " Test block append at EOL with '$' and without '$'
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ["one", "a", "two"])
+  exe "normal gg$\<C-V>2jAx"
+  call assert_equal(["onex", "ax", "twox"], getline(1, '$'))
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ["one", "a", "two"])
+  exe "normal gg3l\<C-V>2jAx"
+  call assert_equal(["onex", "a  x", "twox"], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " Test block replace with an empty line in the middle and use $ to jump to
+  " the end of the line.
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ['one', '', 'two'])
+  exe "normal gg$\<C-V>2jrx"
+  call assert_equal(["onx", "", "twx"], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " Test block replace with an empty line in the middle and move cursor to the
+  " end of the line
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ['one', '', 'two'])
+  exe "normal gg2l\<C-V>2jrx"
+  call assert_equal(["onx", "", "twx"], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " Replace odd number of characters with a multibyte character
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ['abcd', 'efgh'])
+  exe "normal ggl\<C-V>2ljr\u1100"
+  call assert_equal(["a\u1100 ", "e\u1100 "], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " During visual block append, if the cursor moved outside of the selected
+  " range, then the edit should not be applied to the block.
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc'])
+  exe "normal 2G\<C-V>jAx\<Up>"
+  call assert_equal(['aaa', 'bxbb', 'ccc'], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " During visual block append, if the cursor is moved before the start of the
+  " block, then the new text should be appended there.
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc'])
+  exe "normal $\<C-V>2jA\<Left>x"
+  " BUG: Instead of adding x as the third character in all the three lines,
+  " 'a' is added in the second and third lines at the end. This bug is not
+  " reproducible if this operation is performed manually.
+  "call assert_equal(['aaxa', 'bbxb', 'ccxc'], getline(1, '$'))
+  call assert_equal(['aaxa', 'bbba', 'ccca'], getline(1, '$'))
+
+  " Change a characterwise motion to a blockwise motion using CTRL-V
+  %d _
+  call setline(1, ['123', '456', '789'])
+  exe "normal ld\<C-V>j"
+  call assert_equal(['13', '46', '789'], getline(1, '$'))
+
   bwipe!
 endfunc