Synchronous buffer scrolling in vim

vim can be used to scroll the contents of two files side by side. A few commands are useful in this context.

1. :vsp or Ctrl-w v splits the window vertically, i.e., two panes are shown side-by-side.
2. :set nowrap ensures that vim doesn’t display wrapped lines. Although this is often conveninet, it may make comparing files line by line harder.
3. :set scrollbind should be done for each of the panes you want to scroll in sync.
4. Ctrl-w h moves to the left pane, Ctrl-w l moves to the right pane. Switching to the next pane can be donw with Ctrl-w w.
5. :q will close a pane.