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Comment by pwillia7 | Hacker News Reader

just do :wq :wq :wq :wq etc

:wqa is the same as :xa and is probably easier to remember

Are you sure? IIRC :x only writes the file again if there's a change where :w(q) always writes again (which takes longer when editing a remote file via scp://). For a non-exiting version of :x there is :up. I bound :up to <leader>fs after I learned about it. I used to have :w on the same keybind so it was a straight upgrade. Now I can just quick hit it at any time and there's no waiting around if the file hadn't changed. Saves some time and annoyances.

Yes, through ":help wqa" which lists it as such and double checking with a quick test. It doesn't write unchanged files, same as :xa instead of being an exact "all" version of :wq

That is what I do. I thought I was the only genius.

Or do ZZZZZZZZZZ

Noooooooo!

Make some key bindings. Bind leader to space, and make a leader mapping for writing to the file, and another mapping to quit. Avoid chords.

What does the :P command do?

                                                        :P :Print                                                                                      
  :[range]P[rint] [count] [flags]                                                                                                                        
                          Just as ":print".  Was apparently added to Vi for                                                                              
                          people that keep the shift key pressed too long...                                                                             
                          This command is not supported in Vim9 script.                                                                                  
                          Note: A user command can overrule this command.                                                                                
                          See ex-flags for [flags].

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