Use capital Q also to quit Vim

Question

Tried using the following in my .vimrc, but somehow it isn't working. Also, is there any down sides to using "Q" also along side the usual q to quit the editor. Apparently, I find stumbling on this issue a lot, but don't see this tweak is most .vimrcs.

noremap Q :quit<CR>

Answer 1

If you want to quit Vim with :Q, a simple mapping won't do, because you then won't be able to type Q in the command-line (which is the mode you would have to map, using :cnoremap).

You can either just define an uppercase command:

:command! -bar -bang Q quit<bang>

or use the technique described in aliasing a command in vim, which also works for lower-case. Or have a look at cmdalias.vim - Create aliases for Vim commands.

Answer 2

If you want to quit vim with :Q just add this to your vimrc

:command Q q