Saturday, January 2, 2010

Re: exiting, quitting

Dennis German wrote:
> 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??

There was a thread on the preferences of various people regarding
the merits of quitting methods[1]. I prefer to build my intent
incrementally while others prefer fast typing such as ZZ (2.5
keys) or :x<cr> (3.5 or 4 keys depending on how you count <shift>)

-tim

[1] my post on the topic
http://markmail.org/message/ohbuz4lk4zj4wt52

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