I was wondering that too although I don't have access to vim right now. What's the punch line ? EDIT : The difference with :q! is the exit code ! (Yes, and :w

I was wondering that too although I don't have access to vim right now. What's the punch line ? EDIT : The difference with :q! is the exit code ! (Yes, and :wall is actually the :update command on all your buffers, that is, unlike :w, buffers are written only if there has been changes. Bad naming is the mother of all pedagocical pain)