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In case anyone else hasn't heard of or used :x

> Like “:wq”, but write only when changes have been made.

https://til.hashrocket.com/posts/2fdb6afb66-difference-betwe...

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arendtio|5 years ago

Some time ago, I read, that the usage of :x is discouraged, as the typo :X is easy to make and leads to encrypting the file accidentally.

lucb1e|5 years ago

TIL vim has encryption.

If you're annoyed by typoing stuff, like I'm annoyed by typing :Wq or :WQ, you can just alias it of course. Since you (and, presumably, nobody) ever use(s) vim encryption it doesn't matter to override it.

vimrc:

    command Wq wq
    command WQ wq
    command W w
    command Q q

seszett|5 years ago

My problem is writing :x instead of :w (on an AZERTY keyboard) and accidentally exiting when I just wanted to save.

hiq|5 years ago

Use neovim instead to solve this problem, :X has been removed (and you shouldn't use it in vim either anyway).