roses are red
violets are blue
to exit vim
:wq
@ghorwood :x is quicker and accomplishes the same! But it doesn't rhyme. cc @mwl

@Configures @ghorwood @mwl “ZZ” is even shorter than “:x” (no return), and is proper vi without resorting to ex commands.

Also both ZZ and :x are preferable to :wq because they don’t needlessly rewrite the file if it hasn’t changed.

@carlrj @ghorwood @mwl Huh. Hadn't heard of that one.