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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Or just use nano and have a built in cheat sheet

    Edit: I just realized nano is the gen z text editor for Linux....

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

    I've used it before gen z was a thing, so no.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Why do people just don't ESC :x? Do I miss something when not using q!?

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    :x also writes (same as :wq). :q! is force quit. If you accidentally made changes then :q will give an error and :x will write those changes. So :q! Is you safest bet if you need to gtfo.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

    Now that you write it... I use :q! all the time but I did not realize. I guess that is just muscle memory :-)