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minus-squareGoku@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoWhy do so many people prefer :wq over :x?
minus-squareEuroNutellaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 year agoCause I don’t like to think about my x
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year ago:x was a gamechanger. And it doesn’t update the file’s modify date if you made no changes. Sometimes I just sit back and think about all that saved time and effort so much that I have actually lost time by switching from :wq.
minus-squarerwhitisissle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBecause :wq to me means “Issue command write, followed by command quit.” “Issue command x” to me means nothing in the context of vim, and ctrl + x on most systems is reserved for cutting, so it just “feels” wrong.
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agosame reason I prefer :wq to ZZ. muscle memory.
Why do so many people prefer :wq over :x?
Cause I don’t like to think about my x
:x
was a gamechanger. And it doesn’t update the file’s modify date if you made no changes.Sometimes I just sit back and think about all that saved time and effort so much that I have actually lost time by switching from
:wq
.There is a other option?
why not?
Because :wq to me means “Issue command write, followed by command quit.” “Issue command x” to me means nothing in the context of vim, and ctrl + x on most systems is reserved for cutting, so it just “feels” wrong.
same reason I prefer :wq to ZZ. muscle memory.