


To create a new empty line, after or before the current one and enter insert modeīegin recording actions to register z, q to end recording, to play back the actions. z can be any letter: q is often used for convenience. In order to exit Vim, first make sure you are in Normal mode by pressing Esc. :q Enter (will prevent you from exiting if you have unsaved changes - short for :quit).:q! Enter to force exit and discard changes (short for :quit!, not to be confused with :!q ).ZQ is a shortcut that does the same as :q!.:cq Enter quit and return error (discard all changes so the compiler will not recompile this file).:wq Enter (shorthand for :write and :quit ).:x Enter (same as :wq, but will not write if the file was not changed).ZZ is a shortcut that does the same as :x (Save workspace and quit the editor).
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:xa Enter - Write all changed buffers and exit Vim.įor example, to write and quit all windows you can use: To close multiple buffers at once (even in multiple windows and/or tabs), append the letter a to any of the Commands above (the ones starting with : ).If there are buffers without a file name, which are readonly or which cannot be written for another reason, Vim will not quit
