Graham Disaru This is what I figured out
Basically The script reads the entire list into a xtscript variable and then paginates it
you should use the standard filelist for your largest folder as if the folders are over large you could get xtscript timeouts
I used a simple [prev] [next] type pagination for the scripts the pagination includes routines to include the page numbers of the other lists in the paging to preserve the page numbers of the other filelists
the examples are unstyled
You can set your own template but it must end with &lt;!--##--&gt; (<!--##-->) as this is used to mark the end of each item in the list
this is the first extra list script

<!--parser:xtscript--> var $list=<xt:filelist sort_type="name" sort_dir="asc" folder="/folder1" template="&lt;a href=&quot;.file_url.?__xt_download=1&amp;l=2&quot;&gt;.file_name_base_parsed.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--##--&gt;" per_page="0" /> var $per_page=5 get_or_default pgnmbr1;1 var $this_page=1 var $start=0 var $end=0 var $count=0 var $len=call strlen $val=$list @loop var $end=call strpos $haystack=$list; $needle=<!--##-->; $offset=($end+9) ; if $end == ($len-9) goto @end endif var $count=($count+1) if $count == $per_page goto @next endif goto @loop @next if $this_page < $pgnmbr1 var $start=($end+9) var $count=0 var $this_page=($this_page+1) goto @loop endif @end var $page = call substr $val=$list; $start=$start ; $length=($end-$start) print $page get __filelist_page if $__filelist_page var $flp=&__filelist_page=$__filelist_page endif get pgnmbr2 if $pgnmbr2 var $pn2=&pgnmbr2=$pgnmbr2 endif if $pgnmbr1 >1 print <a href="?pgnmbr1=($pgnmbr1-1)$pn2$flp">prev </a> else print prev endif if $end < ($len-9) print <a href="?pgnmbr1=($pgnmbr1+1)$pn2$flp"> next</a> else print next endif <!--/parser:xtscript-->

And this is a script set up as the second extra list

<!--parser:xtscript--> var $list=<xt:filelist sort_type="name" sort_dir="asc" folder="/folder2" template="&lt;a href=&quot;.file_url.?__xt_download=1&amp;l=2&quot;&gt;.file_name_base_parsed.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;!--##--&gt;" per_page="0" /> var $per_page=5 get_or_default pgnmbr2;1 var $this_page=1 var $start=0 var $end=0 var $count=0 var $len=call strlen $val=$list @loop var $end=call strpos $haystack=$list; $needle=<!--##-->; $offset=($end+9) ; if $end == ($len-9) goto @end endif var $count=($count+1) if $count == $per_page goto @next endif goto @loop @next if $this_page < $pgnmbr2 var $start=($end+9) var $count=0 var $this_page=($this_page+1) goto @loop endif @end var $page = call substr $val=$list; $start=$start ; $length=($end-$start) print $page get __filelist_page if $__filelist_page var $flp=&__filelist_page=$__filelist_page endif get pgnmbr1 if $pgnmbr1 var $pn1=&pgnmbr1=$pgnmbr1 endif if $pgnmbr2 >1 print <a href="?pgnmbr2=($pgnmbr2-1)$pn1$flp"> prev </a> else print prev endif if $end < ($len-9) print <a href="?pgnmbr2=($pgnmbr2+1)$pn1$flp"> next</a> else print next endif <!--/parser:xtscript-->

the scripts should be kept separate to prevent the @markers from clashing
demo page http://banana.madpath.com/multilist