commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/3b5f929b18492fec291d1ec95a91f54e5912c03b Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Jan 28 22:37:01 2016 +0100 patch 7.4.1191 Problem: The channel feature isn't working yet. Solution: Add the connect(), disconnect(), sendexpr() and sendraw() functions. Add initial documentation. Add a demo server.

@echo off
rem batch file to start Vim with less.vim.
rem Read stdin if no arguments were given.
rem Written by Ken Takata.

if "%1"=="" (
  vim --cmd "let no_plugin_maps = 1" -c "runtime! macros/less.vim" -
) else (
  vim --cmd "let no_plugin_maps = 1" -c "runtime! macros/less.vim" %*
)