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by arendtio 2019 days ago
Some time ago, I read, that the usage of :x is discouraged, as the typo :X is easy to make and leads to encrypting the file accidentally.
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TIL vim has encryption.

If you're annoyed by typoing stuff, like I'm annoyed by typing :Wq or :WQ, you can just alias it of course. Since you (and, presumably, nobody) ever use(s) vim encryption it doesn't matter to override it.

vimrc:

    command Wq wq
    command WQ wq
    command W w
    command Q q
My problem is writing :x instead of :w (on an AZERTY keyboard) and accidentally exiting when I just wanted to save.
Use neovim instead to solve this problem, :X has been removed (and you shouldn't use it in vim either anyway).