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MrResearcher ◴[27 Aug 25 21:14 UTC] No.45045368[source]▶
I generally recommend to exit either via :xa (save all & exit) or :qa! (discard all and exit), bound to ZZ or ZA respectively. If you exit via :q or :wq, it just closes the current buffer, and moves to the next one. E.g. if you have a neotree open along with the editor, you type :wq, it closes the editor buffer and moves you into the file tree, which can be very confusing for beginners.
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1. pwillia7 ◴[27 Aug 25 21:36 UTC] No.45045597[source]▶
just do :wq :wq :wq :wq etc

:P

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2. Izkata ◴[27 Aug 25 21:38 UTC] No.45045614[source]▶
:wqa is the same as :xa and is probably easier to remember
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3. MikeTheGreat ◴[28 Aug 25 00:27 UTC] No.45046951[source]▶
What does the :P command do?

/s

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4. opan ◴[28 Aug 25 00:28 UTC] No.45046955[source]▶
Are you sure? IIRC :x only writes the file again if there's a change where :w(q) always writes again (which takes longer when editing a remote file via scp://). For a non-exiting version of :x there is :up. I bound :up to <leader>fs after I learned about it. I used to have :w on the same keybind so it was a straight upgrade. Now I can just quick hit it at any time and there's no waiting around if the file hadn't changed. Saves some time and annoyances.
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5. yakshaving_jgt ◴[28 Aug 25 05:22 UTC] No.45048683[source]▶
Noooooooo!

Make some key bindings. Bind leader to space, and make a leader mapping for writing to the file, and another mapping to quit. Avoid chords.

6. nthdeui ◴[28 Aug 25 05:39 UTC] No.45048785[source]▶

                                                        :P :Print                                                                                      
  :[range]P[rint] [count] [flags]                                                                                                                        
                          Just as ":print".  Was apparently added to Vi for                                                                              
                          people that keep the shift key pressed too long...                                                                             
                          This command is not supported in Vim9 script.                                                                                  
                          Note: A user command can overrule this command.                                                                                
                          See ex-flags for [flags].
7. johnisgood ◴[28 Aug 25 07:27 UTC] No.45049445[source]▶
That is what I do. I thought I was the only genius.
8. mmahemoff ◴[28 Aug 25 08:26 UTC] No.45049799[source]▶
Or do ZZZZZZZZZZ
9. Izkata ◴[28 Aug 25 15:15 UTC] No.45053250{3}[source]▶
Yes, through ":help wqa" which lists it as such and double checking with a quick test. It doesn't write unchanged files, same as :xa instead of being an exact "all" version of :wq