• Match!!
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    08 months ago

    easy mnemonic to quit vim: imagine you’re captain Picard in the middle of typing “:3” when Q shows up

    • @Crow@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      08 months ago

      Or, hear me out, : because you’re doing a command, and then q for quit. Probably make it wq too, to write and quit

      • chraebsliOP
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        08 months ago

        did you know there is a vim tutor for learning how to vim?

        • @TheRedSpade@lemmy.world
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          8 months ago

          vimtutor, which I believe is installed with vim by default

          Edit: My brain apparently inserted an extra word that made it seem like you were seeking said program. Leaving it though for those wondering in the future.

      • @kautau@lemmy.world
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        08 months ago

        Forgot

        Escape first, because it wants to keep you inside the matrix and you need to tell it you are trying to escape

        q!

        Because you probably don’t want to save whatever you’ve accidentally done to that file trying to quit, and you have to add an exclamation point because unless you yell loudly at vim it won’t listen

      • Cethin
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        08 months ago

        No, that doesn’t make any sense. We need something convoluted so that people don’t remember it next time it’s needed.