Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic measures

Re:Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic me... by brianpursley on Monday May 25, 2020 @11:32PM (#23307156)

I’m not sure I understand the use case for wanting to kill vim. Wouldn’t you want to save what you are editing?

Now vim clutch, on the other hand, is the kind of innovation that saves vim enthusiasts valuable milliseconds... https://github.com/alevchuk/vim-clutch

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Re:Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic me... by _bxg1 on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @12:33AM (#23307449)

The idea is that you accidentally opened vim and have no idea how to use it, including how to close it

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Re:Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic me... by BruceEel on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:11AM (#23307944)

My first run-in with vi was on the Amiga, Aztec C bundled this "vi-like" editor called Z, I thought I'd try it out without reading the docs. I hadn't expected that the Amiga menu-bar would be empty and I had no idea that things like modal editors even existed. I ended up rebooting...

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Re:Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic me... by smabie on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @04:18AM (#23308606)

Same thing happened to me maybe 15 years ago when I was learning Linux as a 12 year old. Some thing opened vi because my $EDITOR var wasn't set. I spent a good 30 minutes trying to close vi! I tried Ctrl-c (which I had just learned), but it wasn't working. I also tried Ctrl-d! In the end, I just hard cycled my machine and deleted the binary. Looking back, this is probably the reason why I use emacs. I think I be a vi user if this hadn't happened to me!

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Re:Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic me... by BruceEel on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @04:41AM (#23308710)

Oh my! But at least it was a forming experience. Thirty-two years later and I still can't make up my mind as to which editor to use...

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Re:Exiting VIM is hard; sometimes we need to take drastic me... by clarry on Tuesday May 26, 2020 @02:53AM (#23308174)

Have you used the clutch?

I have a kinesis advantage pro, which came with a footswitch.

I quickly found out that my feet are very clumsy and can't come close to keeping up with my fingers. Also I couldn't find a way place the switch that feels ergonomic and comfortable.

I tried to use the switch again last summer while reading a long kinetic novel but came to the same conclusion: it's very clumsy and just doesn't feel comfortable at all.

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