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I watched oppenheimer in emacs, u watched it in imax, we are not the same

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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] nekomusumeninaritai@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They just said :wq in school, so thanks for the tip. Hard to believe it saves even when the file hasn't been changed if you use :wq. What is the use case for that? If the file gets changed in another program and you want to revert?? Edit: Just saw the comment about the modification times being updated.

[–] yetAnotherUser@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But what if you wanted to write even if there weren't changes?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Then you use :wq

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

And how often do you want to do that exactly?

[–] Ferk@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

:x? Real Programmers use ZZ.

[–] norawibb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

habit lol. i use :w a lot so :wq feels like a natural extension

[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Heh yeah and it's not like it makes any difference; they're effectively the same thing. :wq just updates modification time even if there were no changes – same as doing :w and :q separately – but :x doesn't. Super intuitive interface 😅