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Re:Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim by Symbiote on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @01:52PM (#14403436)
Control C.
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Re:Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim by falcolas on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:50PM (#14404052)
Try that in less. Or Emacs. Or Nano. Or Pico. Or ed.

Doesn't work there, either. Most of those don't even offer advice on how to exit when you hit that combo, do they?

So, how is Ctrl-C the right answer then?

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Re:Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim by tuco86 on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:01PM (#14403535)
Wasn't Ctrl-C used for something in vim ;)
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Re:Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim by Crito on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:01PM (#14403531)
What interactive terminal programs exit using ^C? Nano doesn't, top doesn't. There is no standard for interactive terminal programs. Furthermore ^C doesn't fit with the rest of vim's control schema, so you wouldn't really be doing anybody any favors in the long run.
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Re:Helping a Million Developers Exit Vim by disconnected on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @02:03PM (#14403565)
Funnily enough, emacs doesn't either.
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