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From: aden@vf.jsc.nasa.gov
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Subject: Re: :wq (Re: One user's editor wish list)
Message-ID: <1991Apr1.103328.1@vf.jsc.nasa.gov>
Date: 1 Apr 91 16:33:28 GMT
References: <1991Feb22.134323.20410@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> <1991Mar25.191821.11019@scrumpy@.bnr.ca> <2900@wn1.sci.kun.nl> <1991Mar28.155305.8204@vpnet.chi.il.us>
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>In article <1991Mar28.155305.8204@vpnet.chi.il.us>, dattier@vpnet.chi.il.us (David W. Tamkin) writes:
>> hansm@cs.kun.nl (Hans Mulder) wrote in <2900@wn1.sci.kun.nl>:
>> | - it gives you a second chance if the write failed
>> 
>> It does?  I didn't know that.  The only time a write ever failed on me the
>> whole system locked up and I lost all my changes anyway, and I wasn't trying
>> to quit vi, just to :w to save the changes so far.

I believe he was trying to point out a permissions problem scenario, i.e. you
use :x in a directory where you haven't permission, and it'll tell you the file
was read-only and not exit.  :wq will quit anyway, I believe.

-Spenser
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S. Spenser Aden  --  Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. --  (713) 483-2028  
NASA -- Johnson Space Center, Houston -- Flight Data and Evaluation Office
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