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I've noticed that when I have several files open in Vim, and one of the files has been changed by an external program, :wa doesn't actually try to write into that file. OTOH, going to that file and explicitly saying :w does try to actually write (I get asked whether I want to overwrite the changes).

I'd like :wa to behave like "for all files, do :w", so that I got asked whether I want to overwrite all the externally-changed files.

How can I achieve this?

Ruslan
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Instead of :wa you could try using :bufdow, which will issue :w for each buffer in the buffer list.

Edit:

Notice that the bufdo will change the buffer on the current window. The following command correct this and may also be easier to remember:

command! -nargs=0 Wa :bufdo w <bar> :edit #
mMontu
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