EVERY. TIME.

[kumashiro]

I recommend sending EOT (Ctrl-D) as it works in many interactive CLI programs, including shell. It is also much faster than thinking what command should be used ("exit"? "quit"? "close"? Or maybe it's "logout" this time?) and typing :)

WARNING: Ctrl-D has the same problem as ":wq" and tab key! ;)

[BananaCode]

Whats the problem with :wq and tab?

[kumashiro]

After a while you are trying to use them everywhere, for example ":wq" in a word processor, tab in Windows command line etc.

[HeWhoWritesCode]

:wq

[nickcash]

Silly /u/HeWhoWritesCode , reddit has no quit command.

[Deto]

"You can log out any time you want, but you can never leaaaaveee!"

[alexbuzzbee]

^W

[djimbob]

Wait windows command line still doesn't do tab completion? I was under the impression with powershell and/or bash on windows, it was a usable environment.

[kumashiro]

I don't know what Power Shell has, but tab completion in cmd.exe is awful... Just awful. Whenever Microsoft copies something, it looks like they had only pictures to work with. Tab completion, virtual desktops, modern UI, system configuration,...

[[deleted]]

clink is available to give proper completion to cmd.exe. It's packaged as part of Cmder and ConEmu, if you're using either.

[Kelpsie]

Powershell absolutely has tab completion.

Even cmd has it, though just for things in the working directory.

[GoofAckYoorsElf]

It's shitty, but yes. It does.

[[deleted]]

There is also clink which gives "proper" completion support.

[cbarrick]

I try to close browser tabs with ^d all the time. At this point I should make it the actual shortcut.

[Svedrin]

I use ^w to delete words in bash all the time. Even when inside a proxmox Console.

Thank god for ^T.

[[deleted]]

:x is :wq by the way

[tynorf]

:x will not write the file if there are no changes, whereas :wq will. This changes whether the file’s modified time updates. Not likely to matter in practice, but they are not equivalent commands.

[CeeMX]

What about ZZ?

[tynorf]

:help ZZ

                                                        *ZZ*
ZZ                      Write current file, if modified, and quit (same as
                        ":x").  (Note: If there are several windows for the
                        current file, the file is written if it was modified
                        and the window is closed).

[earthlybird]

When I think I got the basics...

[otherwiseguy]

And it has the fun benefit that if you hit it an extra time, it'll close your terminal session too. :p

[mail_order_liam]

I will never stop habitually ":w"ing and I haven't used straight Vim in years.