patch 8.1.1610: there is no way to add or load a buffer without side effects commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/15e248e37f3925d430f96e945d52d3dc423cdc83 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sun Jun 30 20:21:37 2019 +0200 patch 8.1.1610: there is no way to add or load a buffer without side effects Problem: There is no way to add or load a buffer without side effects. Solution: Add the bufadd() and bufload() functions.

@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" %*
)