How to exit VIM? 4 simple ways

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Жыл бұрын

VIM is one of the best pieces of software ever created. But the way you are supposed to exit it can be a major PITA. Of course, only if you don't know how to do it. Here are four ways of exiting VIM with and without saving your work.
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@sgilb9471 Жыл бұрын

I don't think you need the "!" after the ":wq". You only need it when you are NOT saving (ie: ":q!") to confirm that you really want to quit without writing. Saving the world...one keystroke at a time!

@rjung_ch Жыл бұрын

I used Unix for the first time 33 years ago. I hated vi because it was so cryptic. I learned it and it became my editor of choice. Before Unix I worked on DEC systems, the best I had known. But Unix, later Linux was just so much better, more lean and quick. I love vi. 😁😊💪

@WX4CB Жыл бұрын

could be worse.. you could be an EMACS fan LOL

@rjung_ch Жыл бұрын

@@WX4CB has way too many ctrl combinations, vi is ed like, easy to use and learn. Regex is also totally well integrated. 👍

@retaher Жыл бұрын

thanks for that

@JoergPaysen Жыл бұрын

Exit and save: ESC:x

@bertbeinaaf8314 Жыл бұрын

These commands bring up memories from the early 90’s. The UNIX vi editor…

@PSAfterHours Жыл бұрын

well, yeah.. there is a reason all "normal" people use GUI nowadays

@PSAfterHours Жыл бұрын

What's the BEST open source license for your project? kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9dyZ9tn2K6vkqM.html

@mariofpv Жыл бұрын

I prefer nano. Much simpler more minimalist. Cheers mate!😊🍻

@PSAfterHours Жыл бұрын

nano is fine. Yet, I switched to vim a few years ago and not looking back

@patrick5301 2 ай бұрын

and my friend told me that i surely wouldn't know how its done

@highwaymen1237 Жыл бұрын

What's going on with your fpv Channel?

@PSAfterHours Жыл бұрын

KZfaq decided that the fact it was hacked is against community guidelines and deleted the channel. Yeah.... Working on that. So far google acknoledged that account was hacked, so at least they agree there was someone else involved

@highwaymen1237 Жыл бұрын

@@PSAfterHours good luck getting it sorted out hope it doesn't take too long. It's probably the FAA. I think other fpv focused KZfaq channels have been hacked. I'm frequently getting spammed. Knowing what's going on at the FBI I wouldn't put it past the FAA trying to destroy the hobby.

@hapsti Жыл бұрын

sudo rm -rf --no-preserve-root /

@PSAfterHours Жыл бұрын

Not exactly what I had in mind 🤣

@WX4CB Жыл бұрын

you missed the 3rd way of exiting and saving.... ":x" :D

@PSAfterHours Жыл бұрын

oh there are more... you can also put it to sleep and kill the process ;)

@WX4CB Жыл бұрын

@@PSAfterHours i do that all the time :D .... ctrl-Z - pkill vi

@grzbiet Жыл бұрын

and the best way to have a room of proud sysadmins to start questioning their sanity is to change keyboard layout to one of those where Y and Z is reversed and :/; is accented character, ie. infamous POLSKI MASZYNISTKI one day we're closing tasks like usual when manager asks aloud: "gentelman, how do I close vi?" there was a lot of snickering until each one of us tried it on his computer: :wq - nope, that's not working as it used to work everyday for past decade, with keyboard map changed vi just gets Łwq, so nothing starting from : was working (or echoing on the screen) ZZ - nope, with that keyboard map it just yanks the line, the Y and Z are reversed ps wx, kill, ssh to different system. rm ~/.vi - none of those required Z or Y pressed, we trully were lost I think there were five of us, with about half of a century of combined experience, just generating trully random sequences for ten minutes. not to brag but I solved it on \d\dth try by forgeting Esc before ZZ and finally seeing what does that key really puts