Re: Broken Q key... how can I leave vim without saving?

Hi

tuxic@posteo.de schrieb am 02.09.2020 um 10:40:
> On 09/02 05:28, Paolo Bolzoni wrote:
>>
>> It is not a joke, my laptop keyboard is broken and seldom the keys Q,
>> 4, Ins, and few others stop working.
>> Is there a way to leave vim without saving without using the Q key?
>
> From insert mode try:
>
> <ESC>:exit

this will save changes. One way to quit without saving changes I could
think of is to first reload the buffer and exit then:

:e! | exit

Regards,
Jürgen

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