On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:07:05 -0500, Tim Chase
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm not sure I follow your intent here -- I was the one to
> originally suggest putting ":wq!" on the back. It's certainly a
> vim command and means exactly what I wanted it to mean, i.e.
> ":wq!" is the "write the current file, overwriting if needed even
> if read-only or pre-existing, and quit", loosely to be
> interpreted as "vim...that's all I need to write, and I do so
> with confidence/authority".
>
> My track record here on the mailing list is pretty extensive
> evidence that running vimtutor is a bit superfluous for me. Yes,
> there have been discussions about using ":x!" instead of ":wq!",
> but you can review the mailing list if you're curious about that
> line of reasoning.
>
> But using the exclamation point? You bet! ;-)
>
> -tim
I was posting in jest, of course. However, you don't need an ! after :wq
except for the odd read-only file which you probably shouldn't overwrite
anyway.
I prefer ZZ myself.
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