• marswarrior@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago


      This will allow you to ctrl+s to save. I tried to add this in a backtick code line/block but it removes part of the syntax.

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        8 months ago

        I use quake style terminals, and often start writing a file and completely forget about it and turn off the computer, and only remember what i left behind when i find the random recovery files around, so :w a lot is quite useful for me.

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            Yes, on classic fps you could spaw a console that will drop down from the top os the screen, some terminal emulators allow you to do that.

            I like it because then i have the terminal always open that i just draw from the top of the screen with a keypress

            On KDE i do that with Yakuake, and on gnome with tilix

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      8 months ago

      Is there any reason to use :w other than it being the default? I have mine mapped to CTRL-S and it makes sure to keep me in insert mode if I was in insert mode. Feels way faster and easier to spam than the 4 key presses it takes to execute “:w”.