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Re:Vim Tips For Intermediate Users by realyze on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @12:41AM (#9574716)
Huh. Well I kinda consider that `sudo` annoyance a feature. It tells me to think twice before potentially messing up badly. :-)
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Re:Vim Tips For Intermediate Users by 1_player on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @11:35AM (#9577006)
When I use :W is because I've been editing some system configuration files.. I know what I'm doing.

And messing up is half the fun of systems administration :)

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Re:Vim Tips For Intermediate Users by Twirrim on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @01:11AM (#9574778)
Likewise, but I have the alias added so that when I discover I should have edited under sudo, I don't have to lose my work.
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