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[-] orhtej2@eviltoast.org 25 points 5 days ago
[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

People don't have to like it, but he's objectively right

[-] fushuan 3 points 5 days ago

He's wrong sadly, because that won't take you out of Emacs, won't uninstall Emacs and won't install vim. You first need to get out of Emacs to then get rid of it.

[-] Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago

I have a simple rule: If I can't do it in Nano then it's not worth doing.

[-] your_good_buddy@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

... but :x is optimal vim-fu

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Fools masturbate

My friends have sex

I quit vim with the simple :x

[-] fraksken@infosec.pub 1 points 5 days ago
[-] mossberg590@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

You have to hit u then esc 3 or 4 times in frustration after adding":wq" to your script.

[-] orhtej2@eviltoast.org 4 points 5 days ago
[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Or C-z twice.
Nobody ever told me I could do that.

[-] fushuan 6 points 5 days ago

+z stops the process and sends it into he background, it doesn't close it. You can resume with fg. I tried searching for 20s but found nothing that the second +z would do, care to enlighten me please?

[-] rwdf@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

It's just ZZ to exit vim.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

You forgot the final !

[-] rem26_art@fedia.io 2 points 5 days ago

i need this in needlepoint on my wall. For the next time I get stuck in Vim

this post was submitted on 29 Sep 2025
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