diff --git a/runtime/doc/eval.txt b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
index aba8c5f..93a2b4f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/eval.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/eval.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*eval.txt*      For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 07
+*eval.txt*      For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 18
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -3979,8 +3979,10 @@
 		{lnum} and {col} in the current window.
 		The syntax ID can be used with |synIDattr()| and
 		|synIDtrans()| to obtain syntax information about text.
+
 		{col} is 1 for the leftmost column, {lnum} is 1 for the first
-		line.
+		line.  'synmaxcol' applies, in a longer line zero is returned.
+
 		When {trans} is non-zero, transparent items are reduced to the
 		item that they reveal.  This is useful when wanting to know
 		the effective color.  When {trans} is zero, the transparent
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index fe4a471..d491351 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*options.txt*	For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 11
+*options.txt*	For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 18
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -5700,11 +5700,14 @@
 	region by listing them: "en_us,en_ca" supports both US and Canadian
 	English, but not words specific for Australia, New Zealand or Great
 	Britain.
-	As a special case the name of a .spl file can be given as-is.  This is
-	mainly for testing purposes.  You must make sure the correct encoding
-	is used, Vim doesn't check it.
+	As a special case the name of a .spl file can be given as-is.  The
+	first "_xx" in the name is removed and used as the region name
+	(_xx is an underscore, two letters and followed by a non-letter).
+	This is mainly for testing purposes.  You must make sure the correct
+	encoding is used, Vim doesn't check it.
 	When 'encoding' is set the word lists are reloaded.  Thus it's a good
-	idea to set 'spelllang' after setting 'encoding'.
+	idea to set 'spelllang' after setting 'encoding' to avoid loading the
+	files twice.
 	How the related spell files are found is explained here: |spell-load|.
 
 						*'spellsuggest'* *'sps'*
@@ -6021,10 +6024,9 @@
 			{not in Vi}
 			{not available when compiled without the |+syntax|
 			feature}
-	Maximum column in which to search for syntax items.  With longer lines
-	some parts may not be highlighted and following text may not be
-	highlighted correctly (e.g., when the start or end of a region is not
-	recognized because it is beyond 'synmaxcol').
+	Maximum column in which to search for syntax items.  In long lines the
+	text after this column is not highlighted and following lines may not
+	be highlighted correctly, because the syntax state is cleared.
 	This helps to avoid very slow redrawing for an XML file that is one
 	long line.
 	Set to zero to remove the limit.
diff --git a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
index 8272543..130c9b3 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/syntax.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*syntax.txt*	For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 05
+*syntax.txt*	For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 18
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -2516,17 +2516,17 @@
 
 Vim understands three types of syntax items:
 
-1. Keyword.
+1. Keyword
    It can only contain keyword characters, according to the 'iskeyword'
    option.  It cannot contain other syntax items.  It will only match with a
    complete word (there are no keyword characters before or after the match).
    The keyword "if" would match in "if(a=b)", but not in "ifdef x", because
    "(" is not a keyword character and "d" is.
 
-2. Match.
+2. Match
    This is a match with a single regexp pattern.
 
-3. Region.
+3. Region
    This starts at a match of the "start" regexp pattern and ends with a match
    with the "end" regexp pattern.  Any other text can appear in between.  A
    "skip" regexp pattern can be used to avoid matching the "end" pattern.
@@ -2565,13 +2565,30 @@
 
 DEFINING CASE						*:syn-case* *E390*
 
-:sy[ntax] case [match|ignore]
+:sy[ntax] case [match | ignore]
 	This defines if the following ":syntax" commands will work with
 	matching case, when using "match", or with ignoring case, when using
 	"ignore".  Note that any items before this are not affected, and all
 	items until the next ":syntax case" command are affected.
 
 
+SPELL CHECKING						*:syn-spell*
+
+:sy[ntax] spell [toplevel | notoplevel | default]
+	This defines where spell checking is to be done for text that is not
+	in a syntax item:
+
+	toplevel:	Text is spell checked.
+	notoplevel:	Text is not spell checked.
+	default:	When there is a @Spell cluster no spell checking.
+
+	For text in syntax items use the @Spell and @NoSpell clusters
+	|spell-syntax|.  When there is no @Spell and no @NoSpell cluster then
+	spell checking is done for "default" and "toplevel".
+
+	To activate spell checking the 'spell' option must be set.
+
+
 DEFINING KEYWORDS					*:syn-keyword*
 
 :sy[ntax] keyword {group-name} [{options}] {keyword} .. [{options}]
diff --git a/runtime/doc/todo.txt b/runtime/doc/todo.txt
index 989f7d5..7bd9904 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/todo.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/todo.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*todo.txt*      For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 13
+*todo.txt*      For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 18
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL	  by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -30,9 +30,11 @@
 							*known-bugs*
 -------------------- Known bugs and current work -----------------------
 
-Use vim_strncpy() in more places.
+"at" and "it" text objects: recognize HTML/SGML/XML tag pairs <b>asdf</b>
 
-When going over 'synmaxcol' don't highlight anything, stop regions.
+":e *.foo" completion with file name starting with "+" should be escaped.
+
+VMS patch for term.c also in Vim 6.3 (Zoltan Arpadffy)
 
 Add extra list of file locations.  Can be used with:
     :ltag	      list of matching tags, like :tselect
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@
 -   Win32: tearoff menu window should have a scrollbar when it's taller than
     the screen.
 
+mblen(NULL, 0) also in Vim 6.3?
 
 
 PLANNED FOR VERSION 7.0:
@@ -1242,6 +1245,8 @@
 
 
 User Friendlier:
+8   Windows install with NSIS: make it possible to do a silent install, see
+    http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.12
 8   Windows install with install.exe: Use .exe instead of .bat files for
     links, so that command line arguments are passed on unmodified? (Walter
     Briscoe)
@@ -2081,12 +2086,6 @@
 7   Support "-visual <type>" command line argument.
 
 
-VMS:
--   Improvement: rewrite term/TTY handling.
--   Improvement: create VMS GTK runtime libraries on OpenVMS 7.1-2 (today GTK
-    works just on 7.3).
-
-
 Autocommands:
 7   For autocommand events that trigger multiple times per buffer (e.g.,
     CursorHold), go through the list once and cache the result for a specific
diff --git a/runtime/doc/version7.txt b/runtime/doc/version7.txt
index 6a35fcd..4b7a09f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/version7.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/version7.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-*version7.txt*  For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 12
+*version7.txt*  For Vim version 7.0aa.  Last change: 2005 Jul 13
 
 
 		  VIM REFERENCE MANUAL    by Bram Moolenaar
@@ -448,6 +448,8 @@
 
 Many filetype plugins and others from Nikolai Weibull.
 
+Xquery syntax file. (Jean-Marc Vanel)
+
 Moved all the indent settings from the filetype plugin to the indent file.
 Implemented b:undo_indent to undo indent settings when setting 'filetype' to a
 different value.
diff --git a/runtime/filetype.vim b/runtime/filetype.vim
index 44d8ce7..d8fd0af 100644
--- a/runtime/filetype.vim
+++ b/runtime/filetype.vim
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 " Vim support file to detect file types
 "
 " Maintainer:	Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>
-" Last Change:	2005 Jul 04
+" Last Change:	2005 Jul 13
 
 " Listen very carefully, I will say this only once
 if exists("did_load_filetypes")
@@ -1812,6 +1812,9 @@
 " Xdg menus
 au BufNewFile,BufRead /etc/xdg/menus/*.menu	setf xml
 
+" Xquery
+au BufNewFile,BufRead *.xq,*.xql,*.xqm,*.xquery,*.xqy	setf xquery
+
 " XSD
 au BufNewFile,BufRead *.xsd			setf xsd
 
diff --git a/runtime/syntax/html.vim b/runtime/syntax/html.vim
index 61bc6c8..a2ffc18 100644
--- a/runtime/syntax/html.vim
+++ b/runtime/syntax/html.vim
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 " Language:	HTML
 " Maintainer:	Claudio Fleiner <claudio@fleiner.com>
 " URL:		http://www.fleiner.com/vim/syntax/html.vim
-" Last Change:  2005 Jul 05
+" Last Change:  2005 Jul 18
 
 " Please check :help html.vim for some comments and a description of the options
 
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 
 syn case ignore
 
+syn spell toplevel
+
 " mark illegal characters
 syn match htmlError "[<>&]"
 
@@ -35,8 +37,8 @@
 syn region  htmlString   contained start=+"+ end=+"+ contains=htmlSpecialChar,javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc
 syn region  htmlString   contained start=+'+ end=+'+ contains=htmlSpecialChar,javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc
 syn match   htmlValue    contained "=[\t ]*[^'" \t>][^ \t>]*"hs=s+1   contains=javaScriptExpression,@htmlPreproc
-syn region  htmlEndTag		   start=+</+	   end=+>+ contains=htmlTagN,htmlTagError,@NoSpell
-syn region  htmlTag		   start=+<[^/]+   end=+>+ contains=htmlTagN,htmlString,htmlArg,htmlValue,htmlTagError,htmlEvent,htmlCssDefinition,@htmlPreproc,@htmlArgCluster,@NoSpell
+syn region  htmlEndTag		   start=+</+	   end=+>+ contains=htmlTagN,htmlTagError
+syn region  htmlTag		   start=+<[^/]+   end=+>+ contains=htmlTagN,htmlString,htmlArg,htmlValue,htmlTagError,htmlEvent,htmlCssDefinition,@htmlPreproc,@htmlArgCluster
 syn match   htmlTagN     contained +<\s*[-a-zA-Z0-9]\++hs=s+1 contains=htmlTagName,htmlSpecialTagName,@htmlTagNameCluster
 syn match   htmlTagN     contained +</\s*[-a-zA-Z0-9]\++hs=s+2 contains=htmlTagName,htmlSpecialTagName,@htmlTagNameCluster
 syn match   htmlTagError contained "[^>]<"ms=s+1
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@
 
 if !exists("html_no_rendering")
   " rendering
-  syn cluster htmlTop contains=htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,htmlLink,javaScript,@htmlPreproc
+  syn cluster htmlTop contains=@Spell,htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,htmlLink,javaScript,@htmlPreproc
 
   syn region htmlBold start="<b\>" end="</b>"me=e-4 contains=@htmlTop,htmlBoldUnderline,htmlBoldItalic
   syn region htmlBold start="<strong\>" end="</strong>"me=e-9 contains=@htmlTop,htmlBoldUnderline,htmlBoldItalic
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@
   syn region htmlItalicUnderlineBold contained start="<b\>" end="</b>"me=e-4 contains=@htmlTop
   syn region htmlItalicUnderlineBold contained start="<strong\>" end="</strong>"me=e-9 contains=@htmlTop
 
-  syn region htmlLink start="<a\>\_[^>]*\<href\>" end="</a>"me=e-4 contains=htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,javaScript,@htmlPreproc
+  syn region htmlLink start="<a\>\_[^>]*\<href\>" end="</a>"me=e-4 contains=@Spell,htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,javaScript,@htmlPreproc
   syn region htmlH1 start="<h1\>" end="</h1>"me=e-5 contains=@htmlTop
   syn region htmlH2 start="<h2\>" end="</h2>"me=e-5 contains=@htmlTop
   syn region htmlH3 start="<h3\>" end="</h3>"me=e-5 contains=@htmlTop
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@
   syn region htmlH5 start="<h5\>" end="</h5>"me=e-5 contains=@htmlTop
   syn region htmlH6 start="<h6\>" end="</h6>"me=e-5 contains=@htmlTop
   syn region htmlHead start="<head\>" end="</head>"me=e-7 end="<body\>"me=e-5 end="<h[1-6]\>"me=e-3 contains=htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,htmlLink,htmlTitle,javaScript,cssStyle,@htmlPreproc
-  syn region htmlTitle start="<title\>" end="</title>"me=e-8 contains=htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,javaScript,@htmlPreproc
+  syn region htmlTitle start="<title\>" end="</title>"me=e-8 contains=@Spell,htmlTag,htmlEndTag,htmlSpecialChar,htmlPreProc,htmlComment,javaScript,@htmlPreproc
 endif
 
 syn keyword htmlTagName		contained noscript
diff --git a/src/dosinst.c b/src/dosinst.c
index deaf15f..efc6fdf 100644
--- a/src/dosinst.c
+++ b/src/dosinst.c
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@
     printf("    or $HOME directory\n");
 #ifdef WIN3264
     printf("-register-OLE");
-    printf("    Register gvim for OLE\n");
+    printf("    Ignored\n");
 #endif
     printf("\n");
 }
diff --git a/src/edit.c b/src/edit.c
index 7028dd3..bf70961 100644
--- a/src/edit.c
+++ b/src/edit.c
@@ -1970,8 +1970,7 @@
     {
 	/* Infer case of completed part -- webb */
 	/* Use IObuff, str would change text in buffer! */
-	STRNCPY(IObuff, str, len);
-	IObuff[len] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(IObuff, str, len);
 
 	/* Rule 1: Were any chars converted to lower? */
 	for (idx = 0; idx < completion_length; ++idx)
@@ -2010,7 +2009,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Copy the original case of the part we typed */
-	STRNCPY(IObuff, original_text, completion_length);
+	vim_strncpy(IObuff, original_text, completion_length);
 
 	return ins_compl_add(IObuff, len, fname, dir, reuse);
     }
@@ -3053,17 +3052,17 @@
 			    tmp_ptr = find_word_end(tmp_ptr);
 			    if (tmp_ptr > ptr)
 			    {
-				if (*ptr != ')' && IObuff[len-1] != TAB)
+				if (*ptr != ')' && IObuff[len - 1] != TAB)
 				{
-				    if (IObuff[len-1] != ' ')
+				    if (IObuff[len - 1] != ' ')
 					IObuff[len++] = ' ';
 				    /* IObuf =~ "\k.* ", thus len >= 2 */
 				    if (p_js
-					&& (IObuff[len-2] == '.'
+					&& (IObuff[len - 2] == '.'
 					    || (vim_strchr(p_cpo, CPO_JOINSP)
 								       == NULL
-						&& (IObuff[len-2] == '?'
-						    || IObuff[len-2] == '!'))))
+						&& (IObuff[len - 2] == '?'
+						 || IObuff[len - 2] == '!'))))
 					IObuff[len++] = ' ';
 				}
 				/* copy as much as posible of the new word */
@@ -3741,8 +3740,7 @@
 				      curr_match->number, completion_matches);
 		else
 		    sprintf((char *)IObuff, _("match %d"), curr_match->number);
-		STRNCPY(match_ref, IObuff, 30 );
-		match_ref[30] = '\0';
+		vim_strncpy(match_ref, IObuff, 30);
 		edit_submode_extra = match_ref;
 		edit_submode_highl = HLF_R;
 		if (dollar_vcol)
diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
index a1404c2..6adfb4d 100644
--- a/src/eval.c
+++ b/src/eval.c
@@ -6197,8 +6197,7 @@
     else
     {
 	/* Avoid a malloc/free by using buf[]. */
-	STRNCPY(buf, key, len);
-	buf[len] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(buf, key, len);
 	akey = buf;
     }
 
@@ -10681,10 +10680,7 @@
 	message = get_tv_string_chk(&argvars[0]);
 	if (argvars[1].v_type != VAR_UNKNOWN
 	    && (defstr = get_tv_string_buf_chk(&argvars[1], buf)) != NULL)
-	{
-	    STRNCPY(IObuff, defstr, IOSIZE);
-	    IObuff[IOSIZE - 1] = NUL;
-	}
+	    vim_strncpy(IObuff, defstr, IOSIZE - 1);
 	else
 	    IObuff[0] = NUL;
 	if (message != NULL && defstr != NULL
diff --git a/src/ex_cmds2.c b/src/ex_cmds2.c
index b3faec8..923faf9 100644
--- a/src/ex_cmds2.c
+++ b/src/ex_cmds2.c
@@ -5511,16 +5511,14 @@
         switch (dsc_line.type)
         {
         case PRT_DSC_TITLE_TYPE:
-            STRNCPY(resource->title, dsc_line.string, dsc_line.len);
-            resource->title[dsc_line.len] = '\0';
+            vim_strncpy(resource->title, dsc_line.string, dsc_line.len);
             seen_title = TRUE;
             if (seen_version)
                 seen_all = TRUE;
             break;
 
         case PRT_DSC_VERSION_TYPE:
-            STRNCPY(resource->version, dsc_line.string, dsc_line.len);
-            resource->version[dsc_line.len] = '\0';
+            vim_strncpy(resource->version, dsc_line.string, dsc_line.len);
             seen_version = TRUE;
             if (seen_title)
                 seen_all = TRUE;
@@ -5862,8 +5860,7 @@
     fontname = (char *)alloc(name_len + 1);
     if (fontname == NULL)
         return FALSE;
-    STRNCPY(fontname, name, name_len);
-    fontname[name_len] = '\0';
+    vim_strncpy((char_u *)fontname, name, name_len);
     prt_ps_mb_font.ps_fontname[font] = fontname;
 
     return TRUE;
@@ -5977,7 +5974,6 @@
     double      bottom;
 #ifdef FEAT_MBYTE
     int         cmap;
-    int         pmcs_len;
     char_u	*p_encoding;
     struct prt_ps_encoding_S *p_mbenc;
     struct prt_ps_encoding_S *p_mbenc_first;
@@ -6035,7 +6031,7 @@
     if (prt_out_mbyte)
     {
         /* Build CMap name - will be same for all multi-byte fonts used */
-        prt_cmap[0] = '\0';
+        prt_cmap[0] = NUL;
 
         prt_custom_cmap = prt_out_mbyte && p_mbchar == NULL;
 
@@ -6051,26 +6047,26 @@
             /* Add charset name if not empty */
             if (p_mbchar->cmap_charset != NULL)
             {
-                STRCAT(prt_cmap, p_mbchar->cmap_charset);
+                vim_strncpy((char_u *)prt_cmap,
+		      (char_u *)p_mbchar->cmap_charset, sizeof(prt_cmap) - 3);
                 STRCAT(prt_cmap, "-");
             }
         }
         else
         {
             /* Add custom CMap character set name */
-            pmcs_len = STRLEN(p_pmcs);
-            if (pmcs_len == 0)
+            if (*p_pmcs == NUL)
             {
                 EMSG(_("E674: printmbcharset cannot be empty with multi-byte encoding."));
                 return FALSE;
             }
-            STRNCPY(prt_cmap, p_pmcs, STRLEN(p_pmcs));
-            prt_cmap[pmcs_len] = '\0';
+            vim_strncpy((char_u *)prt_cmap, p_pmcs, sizeof(prt_cmap) - 3);
             STRCAT(prt_cmap, "-");
         }
 
         /* CMap name ends with (optional) encoding name and -H for horizontal */
-        if (p_mbenc->cmap_encoding != NULL)
+        if (p_mbenc->cmap_encoding != NULL && STRLEN(prt_cmap)
+		      + STRLEN(p_mbenc->cmap_encoding) + 3 < sizeof(prt_cmap))
         {
             STRCAT(prt_cmap, p_mbenc->cmap_encoding);
             STRCAT(prt_cmap, "-");
diff --git a/src/ex_getln.c b/src/ex_getln.c
index 1192622..c96f114 100644
--- a/src/ex_getln.c
+++ b/src/ex_getln.c
@@ -3239,10 +3239,7 @@
 	}
 	ss = alloc((unsigned)len + 1);
 	if (ss)
-	{
-	    STRNCPY(ss, xp->xp_files[0], len);
-	    ss[len] = NUL;
-	}
+	    vim_strncpy(ss, xp->xp_files[0], (size_t)len);
 	findex = -1;			    /* next p_wc gets first one */
     }
 
@@ -3749,8 +3746,7 @@
 	retval = alloc(len + 4);
 	if (retval != NULL)
 	{
-	    STRNCPY(retval, fname, len);
-	    retval[len] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy(retval, fname, len);
 
 	    /*
 	     * Don't add a star to ~, ~user, $var or `cmd`.
diff --git a/src/fold.c b/src/fold.c
index 0380516..cccc17e 100644
--- a/src/fold.c
+++ b/src/fold.c
@@ -1809,10 +1809,7 @@
 	    return;
 	STRCPY(newline, line);
 	if (p == NULL)
-	{
-	    STRNCPY(newline + line_len, marker, markerlen);
-	    newline[line_len + markerlen] = NUL;
-	}
+	    vim_strncpy(newline + line_len, marker, markerlen);
 	else
 	{
 	    STRCPY(newline + line_len, cms);
diff --git a/src/gui_gtk.c b/src/gui_gtk.c
index 5bde791..cdd645b 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk.c
@@ -1476,8 +1476,7 @@
 	const char *text;
 
 	text = gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(dialog_textentry));
-	STRNCPY(dialog_textfield, text, IOSIZE);
-	dialog_textfield[IOSIZE - 1] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(dialog_textfield, (char_u *)text, IOSIZE - 1);
     }
 
     /* Destroy the dialog, will break the waiting loop. */
@@ -2340,8 +2339,7 @@
 	    text = (char_u *)gtk_entry_get_text(GTK_ENTRY(entry));
 	    text = CONVERT_FROM_UTF8(text);
 
-	    STRNCPY(textfield, text, IOSIZE);
-	    textfield[IOSIZE - 1] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy(textfield, text, IOSIZE - 1);
 
 	    CONVERT_FROM_UTF8_FREE(text);
 	}
diff --git a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
index cd30609..d93f7bc 100644
--- a/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
+++ b/src/gui_gtk_x11.c
@@ -2325,9 +2325,9 @@
     /* Don't write messages to the GUI anymore */
     full_screen = FALSE;
 
-    STRNCPY(IObuff, _("Vim: Received \"die\" request from session manager\n"),
-	    IOSIZE);
-    IObuff[IOSIZE - 1] = NUL;
+    vim_strncpy(IObuff,
+		    _("Vim: Received \"die\" request from session manager\n"),
+	    IOSIZE - 1);
     preserve_exit();
 }
 
@@ -3527,9 +3527,9 @@
 
     if (!exiting) /* only do anything if the destroy was unexpected */
     {
-	STRNCPY(IObuff, _("Vim: Main window unexpectedly destroyed\n"),
-		IOSIZE);
-	IObuff[IOSIZE - 1] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(IObuff,
+		(char_u *)_("Vim: Main window unexpectedly destroyed\n"),
+		IOSIZE - 1);
 	preserve_exit();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/gui_w32.c b/src/gui_w32.c
index 11d0281..f0b4717 100644
--- a/src/gui_w32.c
+++ b/src/gui_w32.c
@@ -3592,8 +3592,7 @@
 	if (label == NULL)
 	    break;
 
-	STRNCPY(text, menu->name, nameLen);
-	text[nameLen] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(text, menu->name, nameLen);
 	text = vim_strchr(text, TAB);	    /* stop at TAB before actext */
 	if (text == NULL)
 	    text = label + nameLen;	    /* no actext, use whole name */
diff --git a/src/memline.c b/src/memline.c
index 47dc00d..d1cf71f 100644
--- a/src/memline.c
+++ b/src/memline.c
@@ -698,8 +698,7 @@
 	/* Systems that cannot translate "~user" back into a path: copy the
 	 * file name unmodified.  Do use slashes instead of backslashes for
 	 * portability. */
-	STRNCPY(b0p->b0_fname, buf->b_ffname, B0_FNAME_SIZE);
-	b0p->b0_fname[B0_FNAME_SIZE - 1] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(b0p->b0_fname, buf->b_ffname, B0_FNAME_SIZE - 1);
 # ifdef BACKSLASH_IN_FILENAME
 	forward_slash(b0p->b0_fname);
 # endif
@@ -721,10 +720,7 @@
 	    /* If there is no user name or it is too long, don't use "~/" */
 	    if (get_user_name(uname, B0_UNAME_SIZE) == FAIL
 			 || (ulen = STRLEN(uname)) + flen > B0_FNAME_SIZE - 1)
-	    {
-		STRNCPY(b0p->b0_fname, buf->b_ffname, B0_FNAME_SIZE);
-		b0p->b0_fname[B0_FNAME_SIZE - 1] = NUL;
-	    }
+		vim_strncpy(b0p->b0_fname, buf->b_ffname, B0_FNAME_SIZE - 1);
 	    else
 	    {
 		mch_memmove(b0p->b0_fname + ulen + 1, b0p->b0_fname + 1, flen);
diff --git a/src/menu.c b/src/menu.c
index 08a7314..6787056 100644
--- a/src/menu.c
+++ b/src/menu.c
@@ -1258,8 +1258,7 @@
 	    path_name = alloc((unsigned)(after_dot - arg));
 	    if (path_name == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	    STRNCPY(path_name, arg, after_dot - arg - 1);
-	    path_name[after_dot - arg - 1] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy(path_name, arg, after_dot - arg - 1);
 	}
 	name = path_name;
 	while (name != NULL && *name)
diff --git a/src/misc1.c b/src/misc1.c
index 29be8e5..f0de593 100644
--- a/src/misc1.c
+++ b/src/misc1.c
@@ -976,8 +976,7 @@
 		lead_len = 0;
 	    else
 	    {
-		STRNCPY(leader, saved_line, lead_len);
-		leader[lead_len] = NUL;
+		vim_strncpy(leader, saved_line, lead_len);
 
 		/*
 		 * Replace leader with lead_repl, right or left adjusted
@@ -3345,8 +3344,7 @@
 	p = vim_strchr(var + 1, '%');
 	if (p != NULL)
 	{
-	    STRNCPY(NameBuff, var + 1, p - (var + 1));
-	    NameBuff[p - (var + 1)] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy(NameBuff, var + 1, p - (var + 1));
 	    exp = mch_getenv(NameBuff);
 	    if (exp != NULL && *exp != NUL
 					&& STRLEN(exp) + STRLEN(p) < MAXPATHL)
diff --git a/src/ops.c b/src/ops.c
index bbeedbf..8941941 100644
--- a/src/ops.c
+++ b/src/ops.c
@@ -2532,8 +2532,7 @@
 	{
 	    if ((ins_text = alloc_check((unsigned)(ins_len + 1))) != NULL)
 	    {
-		STRNCPY(ins_text, firstline + bd.textcol, ins_len);
-		ins_text[ins_len] = NUL;
+		vim_strncpy(ins_text, firstline + bd.textcol, (size_t)ins_len);
 		for (linenr = oap->start.lnum + 1; linenr <= oap->end.lnum;
 								     linenr++)
 		{
diff --git a/src/option.c b/src/option.c
index ab0740d..30341d6 100644
--- a/src/option.c
+++ b/src/option.c
@@ -4318,8 +4318,7 @@
 
 	if (errmsg != NULL)
 	{
-	    STRNCPY(IObuff, _(errmsg), IOSIZE - 1);
-	    IObuff[IOSIZE - 1] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy(IObuff, (char_u *)_(errmsg), IOSIZE - 1);
 	    i = STRLEN(IObuff) + 2;
 	    if (i + (arg - startarg) < IOSIZE)
 	    {
@@ -9365,7 +9364,7 @@
 	else if ((char_u **)opp->var == &p_pt)
 	    str2specialbuf(p_pt, NameBuff, MAXPATHL);
 	else
-	    STRNCPY(NameBuff, varp, MAXPATHL);
+	    vim_strncpy(NameBuff, varp, MAXPATHL - 1);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/os_amiga.c b/src/os_amiga.c
index 8717825..2c2a770 100644
--- a/src/os_amiga.c
+++ b/src/os_amiga.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@
     char_u  *s;
     int	    len;
 {
-    STRNCPY(s, "Amiga", len);
+    vim_strncpy(s, "Amiga", len - 1);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
 		{
 		    if (i < len - 1 && (i == 0 || buf[i - 1] != ':'))
 			buf[i++] = '/';
-		    STRNCPY(buf + i, fname, len - i);
+		    vim_strncpy(buf + i, fname, len - i - 1);
 		}
 	    }
 	}
diff --git a/src/os_qnx.c b/src/os_qnx.c
index 704061a..1a7250e 100644
--- a/src/os_qnx.c
+++ b/src/os_qnx.c
@@ -148,8 +148,7 @@
 #endif
 	    }
 
-	    STRNCPY( text_clip, str, len );
-	    text_clip[ len ] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy( text_clip, str, len );
 
 	    vim_clip[ 1 ] = NUL;
 
diff --git a/src/proto/misc2.pro b/src/proto/misc2.pro
index 936f38f..3f6e2ed 100644
--- a/src/proto/misc2.pro
+++ b/src/proto/misc2.pro
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 void copy_spaces __ARGS((char_u *ptr, size_t count));
 void copy_chars __ARGS((char_u *ptr, size_t count, int c));
 void del_trailing_spaces __ARGS((char_u *ptr));
-void vim_strncpy __ARGS((char_u *to, char_u *from, int len));
+void vim_strncpy __ARGS((char_u *to, char_u *from, size_t len));
 int copy_option_part __ARGS((char_u **option, char_u *buf, int maxlen, char *sep_chars));
 void vim_free __ARGS((void *x));
 int vim_stricmp __ARGS((char *s1, char *s2));
diff --git a/src/structs.h b/src/structs.h
index b7f39fe..e238d0f 100644
--- a/src/structs.h
+++ b/src/structs.h
@@ -1067,6 +1067,11 @@
     dict_T	*dv_used_prev;	/* previous dict in used dicts list */
 };
 
+/* values for b_syn_spell: what to do with toplevel text */
+#define SYNSPL_DEFAULT	0	/* spell check if @Spell not defined */
+#define SYNSPL_TOP	1	/* spell check toplevel text */
+#define SYNSPL_NOTOP	2	/* don't spell check toplevel text */
+
 
 /*
  * buffer: structure that holds information about one file
@@ -1429,6 +1434,7 @@
     hashtab_T	b_keywtab;		/* syntax keywords hash table */
     hashtab_T	b_keywtab_ic;		/* idem, ignore case */
     int		b_syn_ic;		/* ignore case for :syn cmds */
+    int		b_syn_spell;		/* SYNSPL_ values */
     garray_T	b_syn_patterns;		/* table for syntax patterns */
     garray_T	b_syn_clusters;		/* table for syntax clusters */
     int		b_spell_cluster_id;	/* @Spell cluster ID or 0 */
diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index 4ecec9b..54a5061 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@
 static int syn_regexec __ARGS((regmmatch_T *rmp, linenr_T lnum, colnr_T col));
 static int check_keyword_id __ARGS((char_u *line, int startcol, int *endcol, long *flags, short **next_list, stateitem_T *cur_si));
 static void syn_cmd_case __ARGS((exarg_T *eap, int syncing));
+static void syn_cmd_spell __ARGS((exarg_T *eap, int syncing));
 static void syntax_sync_clear __ARGS((void));
 static void syn_remove_pattern __ARGS((buf_T *buf, int idx));
 static void syn_clear_pattern __ARGS((buf_T *buf, int i));
@@ -1698,6 +1699,17 @@
     if (syn_buf->b_sst_array == NULL)
 	return 0;
 
+    /* After 'synmaxcol' the attribute is always zero. */
+    if (syn_buf->b_p_smc > 0 && col >= syn_buf->b_p_smc)
+    {
+	clear_current_state();
+#ifdef FEAT_EVAL
+	current_id = 0;
+	current_trans_id = 0;
+#endif
+	return 0;
+    }
+
     /* Make sure current_state is valid */
     if (INVALID_STATE(&current_state))
 	validate_current_state();
@@ -2189,13 +2201,12 @@
 	     * set "can_spell" to TRUE if spell checking is supposed to be
 	     * done in the current item.
 	     */
-
 	    if (syn_buf->b_spell_cluster_id == 0)
 	    {
 		/* There is no @Spell cluster: Do spelling for items without
 		 * @NoSpell cluster. */
 		if (syn_buf->b_nospell_cluster_id == 0 || current_trans_id == 0)
-		    *can_spell = TRUE;
+		    *can_spell = (syn_buf->b_syn_spell != SYNSPL_NOTOP);
 		else
 		{
 		    sps.inc_tag = 0;
@@ -2207,9 +2218,11 @@
 	    else
 	    {
 		/* The @Spell cluster is defined: Do spelling in items with
-		 * the @Spell cluster.  But not when @NoSpell is also there. */
+		 * the @Spell cluster.  But not when @NoSpell is also there.
+		 * At the toplevel only spell check when ":syn spell toplevel"
+		 * was used. */
 		if (current_trans_id == 0)
-		    *can_spell = FALSE;
+		    *can_spell = (syn_buf->b_syn_spell == SYNSPL_TOP);
 		else
 		{
 		    sps.inc_tag = 0;
@@ -2248,8 +2261,11 @@
 	}
     }
     else if (can_spell != NULL)
-	/* Only do spelling when there is no @Spell cluster. */
-	*can_spell = (syn_buf->b_spell_cluster_id == 0);
+	/* Default: Only do spelling when there is no @Spell cluster or when
+	 * ":syn spell toplevel" was used. */
+	*can_spell = syn_buf->b_syn_spell == SYNSPL_DEFAULT
+		    ? (syn_buf->b_spell_cluster_id == 0)
+		    : (syn_buf->b_syn_spell == SYNSPL_TOP);
 
     /* nextgroup ends at end of line, unless "skipnl" or "skipemtpy" present */
     if (current_next_list != NULL
@@ -3050,8 +3066,7 @@
      * Must make a copy of the keyword, so we can add a NUL and make it
      * lowercase.
      */
-    STRNCPY(keyword, kwp, kwlen);
-    keyword[kwlen] = NUL;
+    vim_strncpy(keyword, kwp, kwlen);
 
     /*
      * Try twice:
@@ -3120,6 +3135,33 @@
 }
 
 /*
+ * Handle ":syntax spell" command.
+ */
+/* ARGSUSED */
+    static void
+syn_cmd_spell(eap, syncing)
+    exarg_T	*eap;
+    int		syncing;	    /* not used */
+{
+    char_u	*arg = eap->arg;
+    char_u	*next;
+
+    eap->nextcmd = find_nextcmd(arg);
+    if (eap->skip)
+	return;
+
+    next = skiptowhite(arg);
+    if (STRNICMP(arg, "toplevel", 8) == 0 && next - arg == 8)
+	curbuf->b_syn_spell = SYNSPL_TOP;
+    else if (STRNICMP(arg, "notoplevel", 10) == 0 && next - arg == 10)
+	curbuf->b_syn_spell = SYNSPL_NOTOP;
+    else if (STRNICMP(arg, "default", 4) == 0 && next - arg == 4)
+	curbuf->b_syn_spell = SYNSPL_DEFAULT;
+    else
+	EMSG2(_("E390: Illegal argument: %s"), arg);
+}
+
+/*
  * Clear all syntax info for one buffer.
  */
     void
@@ -3129,6 +3171,7 @@
     int i;
 
     buf->b_syn_ic = FALSE;	    /* Use case, by default */
+    buf->b_syn_spell = SYNSPL_DEFAULT; /* default spell checking */
     buf->b_syn_containedin = FALSE;
 
     /* free the keywords */
@@ -5519,8 +5562,7 @@
 		failed = TRUE;
 		break;
 	    }
-	    STRNCPY(name + 1, p, end - p);
-	    name[end - p + 1] = NUL;
+	    vim_strncpy(name + 1, p, end - p);
 	    if (       STRCMP(name + 1, "ALLBUT") == 0
 		    || STRCMP(name + 1, "ALL") == 0
 		    || STRCMP(name + 1, "TOP") == 0
@@ -5806,6 +5848,7 @@
     {"off",		syn_cmd_off},
     {"region",		syn_cmd_region},
     {"reset",		syn_cmd_reset},
+    {"spell",		syn_cmd_spell},
     {"sync",		syn_cmd_sync},
     {"",		syn_cmd_list},
     {NULL, NULL}
@@ -8131,8 +8174,7 @@
     /* Avoid using stricmp() too much, it's slow on some systems */
     /* Avoid alloc()/free(), these are slow too.  ID names over 200 chars
      * don't deserve to be found! */
-    STRNCPY(name_u, name, 199);
-    name_u[199] = NUL;
+    vim_strncpy(name_u, name, 199);
     vim_strup(name_u);
     for (i = highlight_ga.ga_len; --i >= 0; )
 	if (HL_TABLE()[i].sg_name_u != NULL
diff --git a/src/testdir/test51.in b/src/testdir/test51.in
index a158c86..49c88ec 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test51.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test51.in
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 :%s/ctermbg=\d*/ctermbg=3/
 :" filter out possibly translated error message
 :%s/E475: [^:]*:/E475:/
+:" fix the fileformat
+:set ff&
 :wq!
 ENDTEST
 
diff --git a/src/testdir/test58.in b/src/testdir/test58.in
index 9e14270..e03c8e0 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test58.in
+++ b/src/testdir/test58.in
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 :set enc=latin1
 :e!
 :" First generate a .spl file from a .dic and a .aff file.
-gg:/^affstart1/+1,/^affend1/-1w Xtest.aff
-gg:/^dicstart/+1,/^dicend/-1w Xtest.dic
-:mkspell Xtest Xtest
+gg:/^affstart1/+1,/^affend1/-1w! Xtest.aff
+gg:/^dicstart/+1,/^dicend/-1w! Xtest.dic
+:mkspell! Xtest Xtest
 :"
 :" use that spell file
 :set spl=Xtest.latin1.spl
@@ -71,30 +71,29 @@
 :" also use an addition file
 gg:/^addstart/+1,/^addend/-1w! Xtest.latin1.add
 :mkspell! Xtest.latin1.add.spl Xtest.latin1.add
-:set spl=en
 :set spellfile=Xtest.latin1.add
 /^test2:
 ]s:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
-:set spl=en_us
+:set spl=Xtest_us.latin1.spl
 /^test2:
 ]smm:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
 `m]s:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
-:set spl=en_gb
+:set spl=Xtest_gb.latin1.spl
 /^test2:
 ]smm:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
 `m]s:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
-:set spl=en_nz
+:set spl=Xtest_nz.latin1.spl
 /^test2:
 ]smm:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
 `m]s:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
-:set spl=en_ca
+:set spl=Xtest_ca.latin1.spl
 /^test2:
 ]smm:let str = spellbadword()
 :$put =str
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e52839c..165ead0 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -1159,11 +1159,9 @@
 
     if (*mesg == ' ')
     {
-	STRNCPY(modby, _("Modified by "), MODBY_LEN);
-	modby[MODBY_LEN - 1] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(modby, _("Modified by "), MODBY_LEN - 1);
 	l = STRLEN(modby);
-	STRNCPY(modby + l, MODIFIED_BY, MODBY_LEN - l);
-	modby[MODBY_LEN - 1] = NUL;
+	vim_strncpy(modby + l, MODIFIED_BY, MODBY_LEN - l - 1);
 	mesg = modby;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index 1fa3fba..a5695f7 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
 #define VIM_VERSION_NODOT	"vim70aa"
 #define VIM_VERSION_SHORT	"7.0aa"
 #define VIM_VERSION_MEDIUM	"7.0aa ALPHA"
-#define VIM_VERSION_LONG	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0aa ALPHA (2005 Jul 12)"
-#define VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0aa ALPHA (2005 Jul 12, compiled "
+#define VIM_VERSION_LONG	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0aa ALPHA (2005 Jul 18)"
+#define VIM_VERSION_LONG_DATE	"VIM - Vi IMproved 7.0aa ALPHA (2005 Jul 18, compiled "