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Re:Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only wh... by sshine on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:02AM (#34289283)
Yes, but if I :q and it complains that the file was modified, and I decide that the change is worthwhile, :wq and :x are equivalent, since :x is only different when the file isn’t modified.

You may argue that :x is shorter, but one thing is character count and another is muscle memory distance because of mnemonic similarity between :q and :wq.

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Re:Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only wh... by caust1c on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:13PM (#34290151)
Could alias x to wq? :-) That's what I'm doing after discovering this!
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Re:Tell HN: Vim users, `:x` is like `:wq` but writes only wh... by moloch-hai on Saturday January 07, 2023 @12:34PM (#34290403)
Alias x to q, I think you mean.
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