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The command :wqa does not work with new files. For example, if you create some empty files and save them with :wqa, you will not find these files after you quit vim. They are not saved at all.
The reason is, :wqa only saves changed buffers (unlike :wq).
My question is, what is the easiest way to make :wqa work like :wq on all changed and unchanged buffers?
:wa and :wqa will write all changed buffers; from :help :wqa:
:wqa[ll] [++opt] :wqa :wqall :xa :xall
:xa[ll] Write all changed buffers and exit Vim. If there are buffers
without a file name, which are readonly or which cannot be
written for another reason, Vim will not quit.
Since your new empty file isn't changed, it's not written.
:w and :wq always writes the buffer. As far as I know there isn't a shortcut to "always write all and then exit", but you can use something along the lines of:
:bufdo wq
This will run :wq on all buffers, which will always write irregardless of whether it's changed or not. Since Vim will quit if the last buffer is closed, this will also quit Vim.
:bufdo command sees | as its argument... (See :help :bar.) You either need two separate commands (:bufdo w, followed by :q), or :execute (:exe 'bufdo w' | q).
:q on every buffer. Actually, you can simplify this to :bufdo wq
Dec 16, 2020 at 5:04