diff --git a/runtime/tools/unicode.vim b/runtime/tools/unicode.vim
index f3c58ed..d733fe8 100644
--- a/runtime/tools/unicode.vim
+++ b/runtime/tools/unicode.vim
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@
 endfunc
 
 
+" Try to avoid hitting E36
+set equalalways
 
 " Edit the Unicode text file.  Requires the netrw plugin.
 edit http://unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/UnicodeData.txt