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    :wq! (lemmy.world)
    submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 49 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    If you wanna save changes: :wq

    If not: :q!

    Else: :SpanishInquisition

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

    Hmm, I didn't expect that last one.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    Why do so many people prefer :wq over :x?

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

    Cause I don't like to think about my x

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

    Because :wq to me means "Issue command write, followed by command quit." "Issue command x" to me means nothing in the context of vim, and ctrl + x on most systems is reserved for cutting, so it just "feels" wrong.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

    :x was a gamechanger. And it doesn’t update the file’s modify date if you made no changes.

    Sometimes I just sit back and think about all that saved time and effort so much that I have actually lost time by switching from :wq.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    same reason I prefer :wq to ZZ. muscle memory.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    why not?

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

    There is a other option?

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

    I did not expect the Spanish inquisition!

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

    help! i wanna leave!
    :wq
    why isn't it working?????

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

    You have been chosen by the Vim Dommy Mommy. You cannot leave.