Question

I’m giving vim a spin for the first time. I’ve gone ahead and done

set hidden

in my .vimrc because I don’t mind leaving files lying around unsaved. But now it seems kinda pointless to type e! and bnext! and so on instead of just e and bnext and so on. Can I make those commands imply the override?

Answer 1

Try to do it like this:

cabbrev e <c-r>=(getcmdtype()==':' && getcmdpos()==1 ? 'e!' : 'e')<CR>

Then, when you type :e it should do this :e!

More info can be gotten here.