Close a split window in Vim without resizing other windows

Question

If I have a Vim window open with 2 splits in it (3 total buffers visible) and I've adjusted the viewport of each split, then I close one buffer, the other two buffer's viewport's are automatically resized.

Is there a way to maintain or at least better scale the split when I close a buffer?

1) Vim window with three splits, custom size:
  +---+-------+---+
  |   |       |   |
  | 1 |   2   | 3 |
  |   |       |   |
  +---+-------+---+
2) Close buffer 3, splits are resized to "best fit":
  +-------+-------+
  |       |       |
  |   1   |   2   |
  |       |       |
  +-------+-------+
3) I want it to stay like this, resize only adjacent buffer:
  +---+-----------+
  |   |           |
  | 1 |     2     |
  |   |           |
  +---+-----------+

score 54 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 19 '19 at 22:18

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set noea

In other words:

set noequalalways

See equalalways in the Vim documentation.

edited Sep 19 '19 at 22:18

Bryan Henry

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answered Jan 28 '09 at 01:00

strager

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Thanks a bunch! I did search the documentation but I guess I didn't search hard enough :-/ – matpie Jan 28 '09 at 01:05
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vim's documentation is fantastic as long as you know what you're looking for. Figuring out what you should be looking for is a bit trickier. – rampion Jan 28 '09 at 01:23
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Shouldn't the second line read `set noequalalways`? (This confused me at first.) (+1, btw) – jjc385 Feb 24 '18 at 21:03
Yes it should. @strager could you edit your answer ? – pyrho May 16 '18 at 15:38
This was way too hard to find! – Philipp Moers Oct 22 '21 at 13:35

Close a split window in Vim without resizing other windows

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