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Writing files to a persistent storage medium (usually a hard drive or SSD). In Vi, this is done with the :write command.

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Neovim doesn't open previously unopen file in horizontal split

In classic Vi/Vim when I opened a previously unopened file with ctrlp, NERDTree, etc. and the current file/buffer was unsaved, it would open the new file in a horizontal split. After switching to ...
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Is there a default normal-mode command for `:write`?

I know ZZ will write and quit, and ZQ will quit without saving. Is there another such command to write the buffer without doing anything else, or should I map one myself? I'd like to know if there's ...
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Can ++enc=utf-8 be made the default action for :w?

After pasting text snippets from web sites into an existing Vim file, I often have to save the file with :w ++enc=utf-8 to avoid a conversion error. Can that be made the default? I have set ...
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How do I create key mappings for Windows and/or nano Shortcuts?

Having used text editors (mainly Notepad/++) and some IDEs on MS Windows, I've become familiar with their Alt and Ctrl shortcuts to the point that I use them automatically. Having used nano on a GNU/...
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Neovim tries to run vale through a Autocommand

Whenever I save a .txt file it I get the error: Error detected while processing BufWritePost Autocommands for "*": Error running vale: ENOENT: no such file or directory I have tried using :...
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How can I edit a file in real-time?

I would like to edit a file using Neovim and have changes saved in real-time (changes should be written to the file as I am typing), which will be displayed by an OBS plugin. Is this possible?
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Can't use `:wqa` with open terminal buffers

I have next problem: When I use :term buffers the :wqa command produces error: Which is quite expected because terminal buffers isn't writable. BUT the :wa and :q separatly work. This is strange. To ...
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:updateall command to update all files

There's a :w and a :wall command but there's only an update command, there isn't a :updateall command. Why isn't there one and how would you implement it in vimscript and lua ?
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Neovim deleting lines on write

Something really odd is happening randomly when I save changes to a file in Neovim. Often if I press esc:wEnter quickly, hundreds of lines are deleted from the end of the file. So far I have only seen ...
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How can I make Vim ssd friendlier?

When I append a line to an existing file with Vim, Vim will unlink that file and create a new one on :w, although that is unnecessary. Vim even does the same with ~/.viminfo every time... I found it ...
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Prevent message when writing buffer

Whenever I write a file in Neovim, I get a message like this: "config/nvim/lua/config/keymaps.lua" 55L, 2256B Sometimes, this can cause a press ENTER or type command to continue message to ...
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Make ":w" command throw an error on filenames starting with a colon ":"

From time to time I accidentally create files with names like ":w" or ":q". This happens when instead of writing :wq I type :w:q and sometimes, for some reason, even :w:w or :w :w. ...
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Lost my small project, can I get it back?

I am a new vim user and currently using neovim on Linux. I my whole project which I had written in one file (only 1 day of work). There are two ways I could've lost it: I saved the file but ...
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How to save a file for which I have no write permissions on Windows

I would like to edit files like C:\Widows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts that need administrative privilege to be modified. How can save the file on Windows if Vim has not been starter with administrator ...
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How to explain ++opt in :[range]w[rite] [++opt] !{cmd}?

Get manual with help: help :w_c: :[range]w[rite] [++opt] !{cmd} Execute {cmd} with [range] lines as standard input (note the space in front of the '!'). {cmd} is ...
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how to disable the new popup file-picker on :w

If I try to write a file under a new name, instead of being able to edit an existing name provided by file-completion, I get a pop-up that only lets me select an existing one. I saw a description of ...
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"Update" all of the unsaved buffers at vim

Is there a counterpart for the wall command at vim. I currently have an event handler for focus lost, so as whenever i switch to another window, vim would automatically write all of the buffers ...
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Are there quicker methods for Closing Files?

In nano, I like that I can just hit ctrl x to exit a file I'm editing without saving it. I also like that I can type ctrl o to save a file. I've completed the vim trainer and am trying to like vim. ...
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Auto update a buffer opend in a split when it changed?

I'm writing TypeScript and there is a command npx tsc --watch that will (over)write to an output file every time the source file is changed. I open one split for each of these files. But when I save ...
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Cursor get stuck at the statusline bar when saving a .tex file (probably due to vimtex)

To preface this, I'm relatively new to vim, and I'm using Windows Subsytsem for Linux, and the Windows Terminal if this makes any difference. So whenever I'm editing a .tex file and want to save, ...
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Running shell command (Rmarkdown::render) every save

I am trying to autogenerate an output every time I save the file with :update or with :w. This is what I got so far: augroup renderRmd | au! autocmd BufWritePost *.rmd !'Rscript -e "rmarkdown:...
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Is there a way to write a file and skip the autocmd on write?

My .vimrc has, autocmd FileType rust autocmd BufWritePre <buffer> call LanguageClient#textDocument_formatting_sync() This works great, unless my LanguageClient crashes. Then I can't write the ...
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Why isn't vim recovering the most recent save

I'm having some graphical issues with my setup that means I sometimes need to restart my machine having not saved a file which is currently being edited in vim. However, the saved file which vim ...
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Auto-save file on keypress

How can I automatically :w save a file after each keypress? Devs who have used editors like PHPStorm know this is particularly handy so I was looking for a way to achieve the same with vim.
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nvi: how to define a new command to write using sudo

In Vim, I can define the following command for writing a file using sudo: command! W :execute ':silent w !sudo tee % > /dev/null' | :edit! How do I define a similar command in nvi for saving using ...
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Options readonly vs nowrite

Apologies if this is duplicate. I have searched and haven't found any related questions. What is the difference between the options readonly and nowrite? The reference manual says: readonly: If on, ...
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Automatically load & save folds of files - except for help files

My current solution to automatically load & save views of a file is the following: " automatically saves & loads folds when closing or opening a file set viewoptions-=options augroup ...
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Save all changed and unchanged buffers then exit

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 ...
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Why does Vim create ~ files? [duplicate]

Whenever I create a file, Vim also creates a .extension~ file. For example, when I create a main.cpp file, another one appears with main.cpp~. Is the .cpp~ file an older version of my .cpp file? Is ...
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How do I change the place where my vim files are stored?

Right now, all my vim files that I create are stored in C:\Users\dinosauce33 (My user). How do I change it so that all of my files that I create are stored in documents?
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Why is oldfiles not listing last edited file

I use vim in the following way: I open vim. Then I press i to start writing. Then I save the buffer and give the file a name by issuing the command :w some-file-name.txt Then I quit vim by :x Then ...
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Why can't I write to a file in the home directory?

I want to write to a file in the home directory, so I tried the following command: :call writefile(["foo"], "~/event.log", "a") But I got an error: E482: Can't create ...
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How can I write all named buffers?

I would like a command that saves every buffer that has a filename. :h :wall gives this: *:wa* *:wall* :wa[ll] Write all changed buffers. Buffers without a file ...
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Run `checktime` only if buffer contents are different to the file contents

Sometimes a checktime causes a prompt to reload, even if the reloading would not change the buffer. This can be demonstrated (neovim 0.5): Open file in vim1 (terminal 1) Open the same file in vim2 (...
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Print message if file is not written on :update

When I do :update, I'd like to print a message if the buffer was not written (because it wasn't changed). I get a message upon save, but would like a message if save didn't occur, also.
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0-length file from new :term buffer: vim -c "w! file"

I have a file mk.out that contains ANSI codes, which can be cleaned up by opening it in Vim and issuing: :term cat % " Interpret codes in new buffer :only " Close source buffer `mk.out`...
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Autosave and Nerdtree conflicts

I was trying to setup NeoVim to autosave each time a change is made. I used this command, which I wrote in ~/.config/nvim/init.vim: autocmd TextChanged, TextChangedI * silent write It works perfectly ...
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how to save current new buffer (opened with :new) to other location, outside of current working location

how to save current new buffer (opened with :new) to other location, outside of vim_data (which is default vim working location) my default vim working location in vimrc is set to ~/Desktop/vim_data ...
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Slow write/save speed for files on network

I noticed my VIM write/save file for a network path is quite slow. I found out VIM saves files with approximated speed of 20mbps (2.5MB/s). Network is 1Gb/s local area network so I believe the ...
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hex mode crashes after saving file

I have a a.out file from "hello world" in c: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(){ printf("hello world\n"); } Which I can see in hexdump (file a.out) ...
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How to make autowrite apply to :make but not to :buffer?

I have set autowrite so that :make automatically saved the file before running the build command. But now I'm increasingly using :buffer to switch between buffers, and have now noticed that it ...
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'endofline' option stays false after write operation

When one opens a file with an incomplete last line (File does not end with 0x0A / a new line character), the endofline option is set to false (:echo &endofline will print 0) and the [NOEOL] ...
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Possible to rename file and maintain undo?

Is there a way to rename/copy/move a file and maintain the vim persistent undo information? If I do :w new-file-name and then :e new-file-name I can't hit u to undo. Already at oldest change :-(
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How to properly hook an action on save in vim

I have a code linter (https://github.com/symplify/easy-coding-standard) that I can run manually from the command line, but which I'd like to run automatically in vim whenever I save a file that I've ...
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Vim not firing inotify events when writing file

Mentioned here as well: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13312794/inotify-dont-treat-vim-editting-as-a-modification-event Really frustrating issue, how can I force vim to write the file? It ...
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BufLeave: Auto save split file not working

I usually keep *.in files open in split and edit them. I would like vim to autosave the *.in files whenever I switch between splits. Searching other answers I found BufLeave that suits my case. I ...
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How to save file with today's date?

I am trying to save a file with today's date as part of name. To save file, we can just do :w myFile. To get today's date, we can use strftime. Ex: :echo strftime("%F") " returns 2020-03-27. Now I ...
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Saving file from INSERT mode

I would like to save files without exiting the INSERT mode. Is it possible? How?
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Is there an autosave option for vi/nvi

My version is the following: :ve Version nvi-1.81.6nb5 (2009-08-11) The CSRG, University of California, Berkeley. Is it possible to save a file at regular intervals in vi/nvi? I know there is an "...
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How to profile save time

Sometimes it takes a really long time to save a file out. Saving the same file after various changes takes various amounts of time. It does not seem to be related to file size. I've disabled any ...
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