How does saving and quitting in vim differ between distributions?

Saving and quitting in Vim is generally consistent across distributions since Vim is the same editor regardless of the operating system. However, certain distributions may come with different default configurations or plugins that affect how certain commands are executed.

To save and quit in Vim, the standard commands are:

:wq :x :w :q :q!

While the commands remain the same, you may find differences in how your environment is set up; for example, using Vim in a terminal may differ in its integration with shell commands compared to a graphical user interface (GUI) version of Vim.


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