How to make the two windows equal width when comparing files?

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How to make the two windows equal width when comparing files with command vim -d file1 file2?

How to make the two windows be equal width?

You can make the widths equal but preserve pane heights, which is very useful when you have 3+ buffers open, like debugger, quickfix, or preview panes. — Walf, Jul 30, 2021 at 1:01

Karl Yngve Lervåg · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-05 18:28:30Z

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You can equalize the size of windows with <c-w>=.

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answered Nov 5, 2015 at 13:21

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garyjohn · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-05 16:08:16Z

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If you want the window widths to remain equal as you change the size of the Vim window, try this in your ~/.vimrc:

if exists("##VimResized")
    if &diff
        au VimResized * wincmd =
    endif
endif

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Upvote for you, as you save me some keystrokes
– Antony
Jan 21, 2016 at 21:16
Why not set equalalways?
– Walf
May 30, 2019 at 0:53
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Because I generally don't want my windows of equal width, but I do want them of equal width when comparing two buffers. Also, 'equalalways' doesn't keep the windows of equal width when resizing the Vim window.
– garyjohn
May 31, 2019 at 1:33

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