top | item 3368995 100 vim commands every programmer should know 7 points| touchcream | 14 years ago |catswhocode.com | reply 3 comments order hn newest [+] [-] switz|14 years ago|reply Now, I'm hardly a vim expert, but isn't :w! force write? I believe :q! is exit without saving. [+] [-] akirk|14 years ago|reply Indeed. Quite amazingly someone told the author in a comment only 2 years after the post was published in 2008 of this error.Too bad the author didn't bother to correct this fatal flaw. [+] [-] xer0|14 years ago|reply :w! is the command you execute to confirm that you don't have write privileges on the file you're editing.
[+] [-] switz|14 years ago|reply Now, I'm hardly a vim expert, but isn't :w! force write? I believe :q! is exit without saving. [+] [-] akirk|14 years ago|reply Indeed. Quite amazingly someone told the author in a comment only 2 years after the post was published in 2008 of this error.Too bad the author didn't bother to correct this fatal flaw. [+] [-] xer0|14 years ago|reply :w! is the command you execute to confirm that you don't have write privileges on the file you're editing.
[+] [-] akirk|14 years ago|reply Indeed. Quite amazingly someone told the author in a comment only 2 years after the post was published in 2008 of this error.Too bad the author didn't bother to correct this fatal flaw.
[+] [-] xer0|14 years ago|reply :w! is the command you execute to confirm that you don't have write privileges on the file you're editing.
[+] [-] switz|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] akirk|14 years ago|reply
Too bad the author didn't bother to correct this fatal flaw.
[+] [-] xer0|14 years ago|reply