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vimmappingkeyconfirmation

Key mapping confusion in VIM,How to make vim works in a smart way?

I want to bind Ctrl-w with :q command in vim That is to say, I want to use Ctrl-w to close the current window of vim,

So I add this to my ~/.vimrc :

nmap <C-W> :q<cr>

When I use this to close a window that has something unsaved,this command cannot work.

So I want to make it works in a smart way: When the content is saved, just close the window. When the content remains unsaved, ask me whether to close the window directly like this command

:0,$s/a/b/gc

I don't know if this is clear enough for you, but thanks in advance.

Solution

  • There's the :confirm command for that. Just put it in front of :quit:

    :nmap <C-W> :confirm q<cr>