VIM: Scrolling down both parts of a split-window at the same time ?

Question

Hi,

I would like to know whether it's possible to scroll down the left and right parts of a vertically split window in vim ?

I have 2 files I would like to compare roughly... Each line of these files looks almost the same...

thanks

Answer 1

See the documentation for scroll-binding. You'll need to set this for each window that you want bound (e.g. a minimum of 2)

If you're comparing 2 files, however, vimdiff may be of more use

Answer 2

G'day,

Tried using vimdiff on the two files?

vimdiff file1 file2

This will give you the scroll binding by default.

Answer 3

Go to the first split, and type in

:set scrollbind

Go to the next one, and do the same.

To disable:

:set noscrollbind