> Dennis German wrote:
> > Happy New Year to all. :w
> >
> > An earlier post mentioned having files ending up with
> > :q in them.
> >
> > When I'm done editing, I always use :x and
> > only use :q when I didn't make any changes
> > ( of course :q! when I didn't mean to make any changes).
> > Is this just a matter of personal preference and
> > does everyone else use :w:q or something else??
> >
>
> I use :q because it gives me more control. When I program, it's not
> unusual for me to have several instances of gvim running, each with two
> or three files opened. This is to coordinate the activities that are
> distributed among them. But when things finally work, any pending
> changes are not part of the test. :q will complain if there are any
> unwritten changes. I then do u^R to move the cursor to the last change
> and decide if I want to keep it.
I try to stick to just one vim instance and basically never quit..
What I do is that I periodically take a look at my buffer list and issue
a bunch of :bw commands for those buffers I know I won't need in the
foreseeable future.
CJ
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