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I'm trying out Obsidian for taking notes, and this made me laugh.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a few different ways to write that command in vim, does it accept all of them?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm honestly not super familiar with vim. I tried :q! and it accepted it, what are some other ways?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Halfway true :3 I'm only a professional programmer which is why I attend in professional work fashion like thigh highs and arm warmers instead of fursuits. I'm more the stereotypical femboy programmer. Pre-edit: am i really just average 3,:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Okay, you are a very cool and sweet femboy programmer :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ah, unfortunately it only asks you this question the first time you try it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

E37: No write since last change (add ! to override)

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Ah, thanks for ZQ. I only knew ZZ, alternative to :x.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

:wq will save and then exit, while :x will save only if the file has been modified and then exit, and then there's ZZ that does the same as :x, plus there are probably others:-)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

The question specifically asked for "the command to quit Vim without saving"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They explicitly ask for the one that quits without saving, so I'd say :q! is the obvious choice

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I agree that it's the most obvious choice, but it also doesn't work when there are hidden buffers open. :qa! and :cq should always work so they are arguably more correct

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Which means none of those are valid? Since this is specifically "quit without saving"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

No, I tried ZQ the other day, does not work

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

my disappointment is immesurable and my day is ruined.