diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index 11f62f3..6283451 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -1885,15 +1885,12 @@
 	-rm -rf autom4te.cache
 	-rm -f auto/config.status auto/config.cache
 
-# Run Perl to generate the Ex command lookup table.  This only needs to be run
-# when a command name has been added or changed.
-# NOTE: Only works when perl and vim executables are available
+# Run vim script to generate the Ex command lookup table.
+# This only needs to be run when a command name has been added or changed.
+# If this fails because you don't have Vim yet, first build and install Vim
+# without changes.
 cmdidxs: ex_cmds.h
-	if test X`perl -e "print 123"` = "X123"; then \
-	   vim ex_docmd.c -c '/Beginning.*create_cmdidxs/,/End.*create_cmdidxs/! perl create_cmdidxs.pl' -c wq; \
-	else \
-	   echo Cannot run Perl; \
-	fi
+	vim -u NONE -i NONE -X -S create_cmdidxs.vim
 
 # Re-execute this Makefile to include the new auto/config.mk produced by
 # configure Only used when typing "make" with a fresh auto/config.mk.
diff --git a/src/create_cmdidxs.pl b/src/create_cmdidxs.pl
deleted file mode 100644
index d39ac16..0000000
--- a/src/create_cmdidxs.pl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
-#
-# This script generates the tables cmdidxs1[] and cmdidxs2[][] which,
-# given a Ex command, determine the first value to probe to find
-# a matching command in cmdnames[] based on the first character
-# and the first 2 characters of the command.
-# This is used to speed up lookup in cmdnames[].
-#
-# Script should be run every time new Ex commands are added in Vim,
-# from the src/vim directory, since it reads commands from "ex_cmds.h".
-
-use strict;
-
-# Find the list of Vim commands from cmdnames[] table in ex_cmds.h
-my @cmds;
-my $skipped_cmds;
-open(IN, "< ex_cmds.h") or die "can't open ex_cmds.h: $!\n";
-while (<IN>) {
-  if (/^EX\(CMD_\S*,\s*"([a-z][^"]*)"/) {
-    push @cmds, $1;
-  } elsif (/^EX\(CMD_/) {
-    ++$skipped_cmds;
-  }
-}
-
-my %cmdidxs1;
-my %cmdidxs2;
-
-for (my $i = $#cmds; $i >= 0; --$i) {
-  my $cmd = $cmds[$i];
-  my $c1 = substr($cmd, 0, 1); # First character of command.
-
-  $cmdidxs1{$c1} = $i;
-
-  if (length($cmd) > 1) {
-    my $c2 = substr($cmd, 1, 1); # Second character of command.
-    $cmdidxs2{$c1}{$c2} = $i if (('a' lt $c2) and ($c2 lt 'z'));
-  }
-}
-
-print "/* Beginning of automatically generated code by create_cmdidxs.pl\n",
-      " *\n",
-      " * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup\n",
-      " * based on the first letter of a command.\n",
-      " */\n",
-      "static const unsigned short cmdidxs1[26] =\n{\n",
-      join(",\n", map("  /* $_ */ $cmdidxs1{$_}", ('a' .. 'z'))),
-      "\n};\n",
-      "\n",
-      "/*\n",
-      " * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup\n",
-      " * based on the first 2 letters of a command.\n",
-      " * Values in cmdidxs2[c1][c2] are relative to cmdidxs1[c1] so that they\n",
-      " * fit in a byte.\n",
-      " */\n",
-      "static const unsigned char cmdidxs2[26][26] =\n",
-      "{ /*         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z */\n";
-for my $c1 ('a' .. 'z') {
-  print "  /* $c1 */ {";
-  for my $c2 ('a' .. 'z') {
-    if (exists $cmdidxs2{$c1}{$c2}) {
-      printf "%3d,", $cmdidxs2{$c1}{$c2} - $cmdidxs1{$c1};
-    } else {
-      printf "  0,";
-    }
-  }
-  print " }";
-  print "," unless ($c1 eq 'z');
-  print "\n";
-}
-print "};\n",
-      "\n",
-      "static const int command_count = ", scalar(@cmds) + $skipped_cmds, ";\n",
-      "\n",
-      "/* End of automatically generated code by create_cmdidxs.pl */\n";
diff --git a/src/create_cmdidxs.vim b/src/create_cmdidxs.vim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c306ccb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/create_cmdidxs.vim
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+" This script generates the tables cmdidxs1[] and cmdidxs2[][] which,
+" given a Ex command, determine the first value to probe to find
+" a matching command in cmdnames[] based on the first character
+" and the first 2 characters of the command.
+" This is used to speed up lookup in cmdnames[].
+"
+" Script should be run every time new Ex commands are added in Vim,
+" from the src/vim directory, since it reads commands from "ex_cmds.h".
+
+let cmds = []
+let skipped_cmds = 0
+
+for line in readfile('ex_cmds.h')
+  if line =~ '^EX(CMD_'
+    let m = matchlist(line, '^EX(CMD_\S*,\s*"\([a-z][^"]*\)"')
+    if len(m) >= 2
+      let cmds += [ m[1] ]
+    else
+      let skipped_cmds += 1
+    endif
+  endif
+endfor
+
+let cmdidxs1 = {}
+let cmdidxs2 = {}
+
+for i in range(len(cmds) - 1, 0, -1)
+  let cmd = cmds[i]
+  let c1 = cmd[0] " First character of command
+  let c2 = cmd[1] " Second character of command (if any)
+
+  let cmdidxs1{c1} = i
+  if c2 >= 'a' && c2 <= 'z'
+    let cmdidxs2{c1}{c2} = i
+  endif
+endfor
+
+let output =  [ '/* Automatically generated code by create_cmdidxs.vim' ]
+let output += [ ' *' ]
+let output += [ ' * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup' ]
+let output += [ ' * based on the first letter of a command.' ]
+let output += [ ' */' ]
+let output += [ 'static const unsigned short cmdidxs1[26] =' ]
+let output += [ '{' ]
+
+let a_to_z = map(range(char2nr('a'), char2nr('z')), 'nr2char(v:val)')
+for c1 in a_to_z
+  let line = '  /* ' . c1 . ' */ ' . cmdidxs1{c1} . ((c1 == 'z') ? '' : ',')
+  let output += [ line ]
+endfor
+let output += [ '};' ]
+let output += [ '' ]
+let output += [ '/*' ]
+let output += [ ' * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup' ]
+let output += [ ' * based on the first 2 letters of a command.' ]
+let output += [ ' * Values in cmdidxs2[c1][c2] are relative to cmdidxs1[c1] so that they' ]
+let output += [ ' * fit in a byte.' ]
+let output += [ ' */' ]
+let output += [ 'static const unsigned char cmdidxs2[26][26] =' ]
+let output += [ '{ /*         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z */' ]
+
+for c1 in a_to_z
+  let line = '  /* ' . c1 . ' */ {'
+  for c2 in a_to_z
+    if exists('cmdidxs2{c1}{c2}')
+      let line .= printf('%3d', cmdidxs2{c1}{c2} - cmdidxs1{c1})
+    else
+      let line .= '  0'
+    endif
+    let line .= (c2 == 'z') ? '' : ','
+  endfor
+  let line .= ' }' . ((c1 == 'z') ? '' : ',')
+  let output += [ line ]
+endfor
+
+let output += [ '};' ]
+let output += [ '' ]
+let output += [ 'static const int command_count = ' . (len(cmds) + skipped_cmds) . ';' ]
+
+call writefile(output, "ex_cmdidxs.h")
+quit
diff --git a/src/ex_cmdidxs.h b/src/ex_cmdidxs.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b6120e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ex_cmdidxs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* Automatically generated code by create_cmdidxs.vim
+ *
+ * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup
+ * based on the first letter of a command.
+ */
+static const unsigned short cmdidxs1[26] =
+{
+  /* a */ 0,
+  /* b */ 19,
+  /* c */ 42,
+  /* d */ 103,
+  /* e */ 125,
+  /* f */ 145,
+  /* g */ 161,
+  /* h */ 167,
+  /* i */ 176,
+  /* j */ 194,
+  /* k */ 196,
+  /* l */ 201,
+  /* m */ 259,
+  /* n */ 277,
+  /* o */ 297,
+  /* p */ 309,
+  /* q */ 348,
+  /* r */ 351,
+  /* s */ 370,
+  /* t */ 437,
+  /* u */ 472,
+  /* v */ 483,
+  /* w */ 501,
+  /* x */ 516,
+  /* y */ 525,
+  /* z */ 526
+};
+
+/*
+ * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup
+ * based on the first 2 letters of a command.
+ * Values in cmdidxs2[c1][c2] are relative to cmdidxs1[c1] so that they
+ * fit in a byte.
+ */
+static const unsigned char cmdidxs2[26][26] =
+{ /*         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z */
+  /* a */ {  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  4,  5,  6,  0,  0,  0,  7, 15,  0, 16,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* b */ {  2,  0,  0,  4,  5,  7,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12,  0, 13,  0,  0,  0,  0, 22,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* c */ {  3, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21,  0,  0,  0,  0, 29, 33, 36, 42, 51, 53, 54, 55,  0, 57,  0, 60,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* d */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  6, 15,  0, 16,  0,  0, 17,  0,  0, 19, 20,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* e */ {  1,  0,  2,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  9, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 16,  0,  0 },
+  /* f */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  9,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* g */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  2,  0,  0,  4,  5,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* h */ {  5,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* i */ {  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  3,  0,  0,  0,  4,  0,  5,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 13,  0, 15,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* j */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* k */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* l */ {  3,  9, 11, 15, 16, 20, 23, 28,  0,  0,  0, 30, 33, 36, 40, 46,  0, 48, 57, 49, 50, 54, 56,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* m */ {  1,  0,  0,  0,  7,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 16 },
+  /* n */ {  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  5,  8, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 17,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* o */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  2,  5,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  9,  0, 11,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* p */ {  1,  0,  3,  0,  4,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  9,  0,  0, 16, 17, 26,  0, 27,  0, 28,  0 },
+  /* q */ {  2,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* r */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 11,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 13, 18,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* s */ {  2,  6, 15,  0, 18, 22,  0, 24, 25,  0,  0, 28, 30, 34, 38, 40,  0, 48,  0, 49,  0, 61, 62,  0, 63,  0 },
+  /* t */ {  2,  0, 19,  0, 22, 23,  0, 24,  0, 25,  0, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,  0, 31, 33,  0, 34,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* u */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* v */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  4,  0,  0,  0,  9, 12,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15,  0, 16,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* w */ {  2,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  3,  4,  0,  0,  0,  0,  8,  0,  9, 10,  0, 12,  0, 13, 14,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* x */ {  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  2,  5,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* y */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 },
+  /* z */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0 }
+};
+
+static const int command_count = 539;
diff --git a/src/ex_docmd.c b/src/ex_docmd.c
index dd5e0a8..d0df1fd 100644
--- a/src/ex_docmd.c
+++ b/src/ex_docmd.c
@@ -494,81 +494,7 @@
  */
 #define DO_DECLARE_EXCMD
 #include "ex_cmds.h"
-
-/* Beginning of automatically generated code by create_cmdidxs.pl
- *
- * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup
- * based on the first letter of a command.
- */
-static const unsigned short cmdidxs1[26] =
-{
-  /* a */ 0,
-  /* b */ 19,
-  /* c */ 42,
-  /* d */ 103,
-  /* e */ 125,
-  /* f */ 145,
-  /* g */ 161,
-  /* h */ 167,
-  /* i */ 176,
-  /* j */ 194,
-  /* k */ 196,
-  /* l */ 201,
-  /* m */ 259,
-  /* n */ 277,
-  /* o */ 297,
-  /* p */ 309,
-  /* q */ 348,
-  /* r */ 351,
-  /* s */ 370,
-  /* t */ 437,
-  /* u */ 472,
-  /* v */ 483,
-  /* w */ 501,
-  /* x */ 516,
-  /* y */ 525,
-  /* z */ 526
-};
-
-/*
- * Table giving the index of the first command in cmdnames[] to lookup
- * based on the first 2 letters of a command.
- * Values in cmdidxs2[c1][c2] are relative to cmdidxs1[c1] so that they
- * fit in a byte.
- */
-static const unsigned char cmdidxs2[26][26] =
-{ /*         a   b   c   d   e   f   g   h   i   j   k   l   m   n   o   p   q   r   s   t   u   v   w   x   y   z */
-  /* a */ {  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  4,  5,  6,  0,  0,  0,  7, 15,  0, 16,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* b */ {  0,  0,  0,  4,  5,  7,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  8,  9, 10, 11, 12,  0, 13,  0,  0,  0,  0, 22,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* c */ {  0, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 21,  0,  0,  0,  0, 29, 33, 36, 42, 51, 53, 54, 55,  0, 57,  0, 60,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* d */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  6, 15,  0, 16,  0,  0, 17,  0,  0, 19, 20,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* e */ {  0,  0,  2,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  9, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 16,  0,  0, },
-  /* f */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  9,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* g */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  2,  0,  0,  4,  5,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* h */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* i */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  3,  0,  0,  0,  4,  0,  5,  6,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 13,  0, 15,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* j */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* k */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* l */ {  0,  9, 11, 15, 16, 20, 23, 28,  0,  0,  0, 30, 33, 36, 40, 46,  0, 48, 57, 49, 50, 54, 56,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* m */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* n */ {  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  5,  8, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 17,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* o */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  2,  5,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  9,  0, 11,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* p */ {  0,  0,  3,  0,  4,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  9,  0,  0, 16, 17, 26,  0, 27,  0, 28,  0, },
-  /* q */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* r */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 11,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 13, 18,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* s */ {  0,  6, 15,  0, 18, 22,  0, 24, 25,  0,  0, 28, 30, 34, 38, 40,  0, 48,  0, 49,  0, 61, 62,  0, 63,  0, },
-  /* t */ {  0,  0, 19,  0, 22, 23,  0, 24,  0, 25,  0, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30,  0, 31, 33,  0, 34,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* u */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, 10,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* v */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  1,  0,  0,  0,  4,  0,  0,  0,  9, 12,  0,  0,  0,  0, 15,  0, 16,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* w */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  3,  4,  0,  0,  0,  0,  8,  0,  9, 10,  0, 12,  0, 13, 14,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* x */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  2,  5,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  7,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* y */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, },
-  /* z */ {  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0,  0, }
-};
-
-static const int command_count = 539;
-
-/* End of automatically generated code by create_cmdidxs.pl */
+#include "ex_cmdidxs.h"
 
 static char_u dollar_command[2] = {'$', 0};
 
@@ -3046,7 +2972,10 @@
 
 doend:
     if (curwin->w_cursor.lnum == 0)	/* can happen with zero line number */
+    {
 	curwin->w_cursor.lnum = 1;
+	curwin->w_cursor.col = 0;
+    }
 
     if (errormsg != NULL && *errormsg != NUL && !did_emsg)
     {
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 81b98c1..6870b01 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    572,
+/**/
     571,
 /**/
     570,