commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/13d6fb17a2c5d2ae02429e31fc8603a9caa4395e Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Tue Mar 8 18:40:52 2016 +0100 patch 7.4.1519 Problem: Channel output to file not implemented for MS-Windows. Solution: Implement it. (Yasuhiro Matsumoto)

@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" %*
)