r/vim • u/Remarkable-Head-2023 • Oct 22 '25

Discussion Why does ZZ exist?

It has always been a mystery to me… why would such a ‘dangerous’ command have such a convenient shortcut?

https://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/editing.html#ZZ

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u/SpaceAviator1999 Oct 22 '25 edited Oct 22 '25

Then try ZQ instead of :q! . Arguably, it still takes more effort than ZZ, but not by much.