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[-] victorz@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

I feel like the images should be switched.

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[-] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago

If you wanna save changes: :wq

If not: :q!

Else: :SpanishInquisition

[-] youngGoku@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Why do so many people prefer :wq over :x?

[-] EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Cause I don't like to think about my x

[-] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

:x was a gamechanger. And it doesn’t update the file’s modify date if you made no changes.

Sometimes I just sit back and think about all that saved time and effort so much that I have actually lost time by switching from :wq.

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[-] metallic_z3r0@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago

Hmm, I didn't expect that last one.

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[-] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I prefer the extremely intuitive:

[C-R]=system("grep -P "PPid:\t(\d+)" /proc/$$/status | cut -f2 | xargs kill -9")

or

i:!grep -P "PPid:\t(\d+)" /proc/$$/status | cut -f2 | xargs kill -9[esc]Y:@"[cr]

It just rolls off the fingers, doesn't it?

Edit: damn it lemmy didn't like my meme because it assumes that characters between angle brackets are html tags :( you ruined it lemmy

EDIT 2: rewrote it, just assume that square brackets are buttons not characters

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[-] aard 29 points 1 year ago

I always get annoyed when I'm on some system and nano pops up and I need to figure out how to kill that thing.

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 year ago

Nano literally tells you all the shortcuts to your face.

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[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Same. As a vim user I now can't quit nano.

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Very intuitive - Ctrl + X... unlike vim.

[-] voidMainVoid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Why is Ctrl-X intuitive? Shouldn't it be Ctrl-Q (for "quit")?

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[-] doctorn@r.nf 25 points 1 year ago

There's a button to exit vim on your pc. Just hold it 7 seconds and vim is closed. 😅

[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

it's right next to the turbo button

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 year ago

you don't need the ! when you have the w, because your changes already get saved.

[-] raptir@lemdro.id 18 points 1 year ago

If anything it is dangerous as it will still exit even if changes cannot be saved.

[-] DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Try editing a file in /etc as a regular user. It happens sometimes and you really want that warning that the write failed.

Anyway, :x is superior. It only writes if there are changes. So, your mtime doesn't change unnecessarily.

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[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 1 year ago

:ggdGwq (please don't do this)

[-] JustinAngel@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

VIM Golf.... Same outcome, fewer strokes:

%d|wq

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago

you can replace wq with x

:%d|x

[-] 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Only in Vim, not in Vi.

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago

E492: Not an editor command: ggdGwq

[-] ignotum@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I use Vim daily, and i have absolutely no clue what that command would do, what would it do? Delete the document, save and quit?

[-] filiberto_kunstlinger@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

exactly.

gg -> go to top of document

d -> delete (actually, it's cut, but it destroys the mnemonic)

G -> here is a modifier to "d" and tells it do "delete until end of document"

w -> write current state of buffer to disk

q -> exit program

[-] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 year ago

Actually not, binds and commands aren't the same. ggdG only works as a series of inputs, while wq only works as a command (with the colon).

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Exactly. The colon needs to be just before the w, not at the front of the sequence...

[-] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

And while you're at it, throw an ESC in there at the beginning, will ya?

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[-] chris@l.roofo.cc 13 points 1 year ago
<ESC>
<CTRL>+Z
killall -9 vim
[-] construct_@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

And then sudo apt install nano

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[-] eruchitanda@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] slapchop@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 1 year ago

I love how in the comments on even the most basic vim meme I learn something new

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