On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 1:21 PM, dae3 <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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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