I recommend Golden-ratio for this kind of thing: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3690 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3690 It

I recommend Golden-ratio for this kind of thing: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3690 http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3690 It does not take away the ability to do :split or :vsplit or force a particular layout. It does dynamically resize your windows to maximize visibility