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Question: why does nobody else save and exit with ":x" or ":x!"?
No specific reason, but I'd rather be deep in the cold, cold ground before I quit with ":x" instead of ":wq".
But... But :x is superior because it doesn't overwrite unchanged files with a new modified date :(