pacogens@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoI wish :q!lemmy.mlimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1839
arrow-up1839imageI wish :q!lemmy.mlpacogens@lemmy.ml to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarebuedi@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhy do people just don’t ESC :x? Do I miss something when not using q!?
minus-squareforwardvoid@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago:x also writes (same as :wq). :q! is force quit. If you accidentally made changes then :q will give an error and :x will write those changes. So :q! Is you safest bet if you need to gtfo.
minus-squarebuedi@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNow that you write it… I use :q! all the time but I did not realize. I guess that is just muscle memory :-)
Why do people just don’t ESC :x? Do I miss something when not using q!?
:x also writes (same as :wq). :q! is force quit. If you accidentally made changes then :q will give an error and :x will write those changes. So :q! Is you safest bet if you need to gtfo.
Now that you write it… I use :q! all the time but I did not realize. I guess that is just muscle memory :-)
ZQ / ZZ ftw.