Exit vim more quickly

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I use Vim mainly for quick edits rather than long work sessions. In that sense, I find the keyboard sequence for quitting especially laborious: Esc, Shift + ;, w, q, Enter.

How to quit Vim (possibly saving the document) with the least keystrokes? Especially from Insert mode.

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Shiftzz in command mode saves the file and exits.

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Vim shortcuts in insert mode

End (1 key) the only suggestion that has fewer keystrokes than
Esc A (2 keys + use of shift), the one you have suggested.
Ctrl-o $ OR Ctrl-o A (2 keys + control and shift), the most keystrokes yet.

The last one illustrates the use of Ctrl-o in Insert mode, which lets you interrupt insert mode to use exactly one normal mode command before returning.

Vim to print file on terminal and exit

You can disable the alternate screen, by telling that the code to enable it for this terminal is the empty string like:

vim --cmd 'set t_ti= t_te=' ...

But you'll find you need more. Try:

vim --cmd 'set t_ti= t_te=' +redraw +q file

as a start.

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