After closing the file you were working on, if every remaining window
in the (only) tab is NERDTree, the dadbod-ui browser, or the Claude
Code terminal, there's nothing left to edit — a WinClosed autocmd
force-quits (qa!) rather than leaving you staring at bare utility
sidebars. qa! also bypasses the "terminal job still running" prompt
for the live Claude Code process; nothing there is a real file buffer.
Verified live: closing a file while another real file window remains
does not quit; closing the last real file with only utility windows
left (individually tested with NERDTree, dadbod-ui, and a
claude-named terminal buffer) does.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Amir Alexander Abdelbaki
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