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    [–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    They might be stuck in insert or replace mode. Nobody mentioned hitting escape before :x or :q!

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

    Lol, as if they haven't already tried Esc half a dozen times before googling how exit vim

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    If the idea of hitting escape didn't spark for them, I don't think they can even get into insert mode

    [–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    One great thing about this joke is a that I doubt there's anyone left who doesn't know how to exit vim.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

    Was watching a twitch streamer learning linux, and chat convinced them to open vim for the first time. Not a single person gave the real answer of how to exit, all joke answers like "Power off," and it was hilarious.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I have no idea, but I know it’s awful

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    It's really not that bad. [ESC] :wq Escape to exit input mode and enter command mode, then the command indicator : w for write and q for quit. To quit without writing force it with :q!. Done.

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

    Well, depending on how long one is trying to exit Vim and hence the level of frustration, exiting Vim might involve the use of a sledgehammer...

    [–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

    Please don't put the punchline in the title.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Additionally for save and exit: :wq (read as write and quit) or ZZ (without colon).

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Dude's in bed. ZZ is clearly the superior choice for the sleepy vi user.

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

    Personally prefer :xprobably because it’s a little more ergonomic, as Z is all the way in the corner (QWERTY), and is the same key twice, while : and x are in two different spots, and can therefore be hit faster.

    I know, it’s like millisecond differences, but, hey, I’m a vim user.

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

    :x will save and exit. The difference between :x and :wq is that the latter will always write to the buffer, while the former will only do so if theres a change.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    Sup. And ZZ is like :x, write only if change was made.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    I like :cq for if I want to cancel my git commit message (or similar)

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Wait, has he entered Vim in his mind??

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

    That's what everyone who starts learning it does. Then you.jjjj websites or :wq documents, and eventually end up installing vim-like plugins for everything

    [–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

    Freak out and force-power-down your PC, and never accidentally open vim again

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I have the feeling these editors only make sense on US keyboards. Like ":" for what? This is not a primary sign anywhere, why not just control like a normal person, working on every keyboard?

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

    sure, pull requests welcome. good luck

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    Haha not gonna happen

    [–] MeDuViNoX 6 points 1 year ago

    Turn it off and back on again.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

    Gotta let it know we mean business! /s

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

    OR :x at that point.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

    How do I put the punchline in the title?

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
    [–] ramius345 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    I got VIM (possibly NeoVIM, I don't recall) on a thumb drive a few weeks back for an assignment for one of my college courses because I can't install anything on the college library computers and it threw me off because I had no experience with it before then. Thank goodness for the Internet knowing what to do because I had absolutely no idea how to do just about anything in it.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    I’ve recently made the choice to switch to neovim as my main terminal editor and I like it. Even doing coding in it. But bigger projects I still use vs code.

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

    I don't understand why this is such a popular meme. Take 5 minutes to read about how Vim works, and you won't have any more issues.

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

    I shouldn't really have to look up the instruction manual of a text editor to do a simple action like close the program. Every single other text editor I've ever used was intuitive enough to get started right away, going back to 1989.

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

    If it's not intuitive enough then don't use it and don't open it. You can always close with Ctrl+z and then kill it. Or close a terminal window like any other intuitive editor.

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