How could I exit Vim, not :q, and then go back to continue editing?
How could I exit Vim, not :q , and then go back to continue
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Assuming terminal Vim on a flavor of *nix:
To suspend your running Vim
Ctrl + Z
will suspend the process and get back to your shell
will resume (bring to foreground) your suspended Vim.
To start a new shell
Start a subshell using:
(as configured by)
or
followed by:
Ctrl+D (or
exit, but why type so much?)to kill the shell and return to Vim.