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

On Wed, Sep 02, 2020 at 05:28:25PM +0900, Paolo Bolzoni wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> 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?

ZZ to write the current file if modified and quit

ZQ to quit without checking for changeѕ (like :q!)

Note that those are capitals!

BTW, this tread shows that there are several ways to quit Vim, which
makes it even a bigger laugh when someone is trapped inside ;-)

//meine

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