patch 8.0.0732: when updating a buffer modeless selection is lost commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/80dd3f9d41ce2ff6ab3544cdb266627bbdfc34a6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Jul 19 12:51:52 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0732: when updating a buffer modeless selection is lost Problem: When updating a buffer for a callback the modeless selection is lost. Solution: Do not insert or delete screen lines when redrawing for a callback and there is a modeless selection.

@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" %*
)