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Old 02-04-2004, 07:43 PM   #1
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VI Editor


to write and quit w/o leaving a swap file, is WQ, i cant remember how to enter it after the insert mode??? is it not the ESC key?
 
Old 02-04-2004, 07:54 PM   #2
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esc + colon ( + wq

(I think that will leave a swap file, though... but maybe I'm wrong )
 
Old 02-04-2004, 07:57 PM   #3
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Thanks...that was it, I was missing the ":"

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