Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y'

Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday January 07, 2022 @08:09AM (#29838662)

Try ed. That is how it feels when people can't exit vim :P

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by Symmetry on Friday January 07, 2022 @11:26AM (#29841049)

Indeed:

https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.en.html

>Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity.

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by mFixman on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:56AM (#29839776)

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by toxik on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:00AM (#29839833)

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by okl on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:21AM (#29840117)

eat flaming death

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by Shared404 on Friday January 07, 2022 @11:30AM (#29841106)

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by eliasbagley on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:22PM (#29843521)

The mighty ed has spoken!

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by amelius on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:35AM (#29840312)

I tried your suggestion ":P"

It gave me:

    **warning** (netrw) using Pexplore or <s-up> improperly; see help for netrw-starstar

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by iso1631 on Friday January 07, 2022 @09:24AM (#29839418)

q or ctrl-z. Not rocket science, not like having to press Control-L (clear terminal) before quitting.

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Re:Vim prank: alias vim='vim -y' by Shared404 on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:53AM (#29840539)

Also vanilla emacs.

I just wanted to try out org >_< !

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