patch 8.1.0367: getchar(1) no longer processes pending messages commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/84d9390480548c8d711dd772cb162a91d0bb3c30 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Sep 11 20:10:20 2018 +0200 patch 8.1.0367: getchar(1) no longer processes pending messages Problem: getchar(1) no longer processes pending messages. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto) Solution: Call parse_queued_messages().

@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" %*
)