vim-tilde.patch

diff --git a/src/globals.h b/src/globals.h
index 9cf8455..5b06f86 100644
--- a/src/globals.h
+++ b/src/globals.h
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ EXTERN long	Columns INIT(= 80);	/* nr of columns in the screen */
  * "LineOffset[n]" is the offset from ScreenLines[] for the start of line 'n'.
  * The same value is used for ScreenLinesUC[] and ScreenAttrs[].
  *
- * Note: before the screen is initialized and when out of memory these can be
- * NULL.
+ * Note: before the screen is initialized and when out of memory these can be * NULL.
  */
 EXTERN schar_T	*ScreenLines INIT(= NULL);
 EXTERN sattr_T	*ScreenAttrs INIT(= NULL);
@@ -1178,6 +1177,7 @@ EXTERN int	fill_stlnc INIT(= ' ');
 EXTERN int	fill_vert INIT(= ' ');
 EXTERN int	fill_fold INIT(= '-');
 EXTERN int	fill_diff INIT(= '-');
+EXTERN int	fill_eob INIT(='~');
 
 #ifdef FEAT_FOLDING
 EXTERN int	disable_fold_update INIT(= 0);
diff --git a/src/screen.c b/src/screen.c
index cab5731..fe1aaac 100644
--- a/src/screen.c
+++ b/src/screen.c
@@ -2314,7 +2314,7 @@ win_update(win_T *wp)
 
 	/* make sure the rest of the screen is blank */
 	/* put '~'s on rows that aren't part of the file. */
-	win_draw_end(wp, '~', ' ', row, wp->w_height, HLF_EOB);
+	win_draw_end(wp, fill_eob, ' ', row, wp->w_height, HLF_EOB);
     }
 
 #ifdef SYN_TIME_LIMIT

Patch to compile vim with an option to change the end of buffer character, which is tilde (~). Tried to make it a configurable option, but that didn't work.