patch 8.1.1775: error message may be empty in filetype test commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/eee9f65b2a213e9031f172d9d3b22adad6cb985d Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Jul 29 21:14:42 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1775: error message may be empty in filetype test Problem: Error message may be empty in filetype test. Solution: Use v:exception instead. (Daniel Hahler, closs https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/4744)

@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" %*
)