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Re:Learn Linux The Hard Way (β version) by Draiken on Friday December 21, 2012 @07:29AM (#4952453)
But I never said you have to spend huge amounts of time learning vim. You just need to learn the basics and it will help you a lot more than not covering it at all.
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Re:Learn Linux The Hard Way (β version) by ht_th on Friday December 21, 2012 @08:40AM (#4952613)
All you need to know is:

press

   i
to start editing text

to save and quit, press

    ESC + : + w + q + ENTER
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Re:Learn Linux The Hard Way (β version) by tmrhmd on Friday December 21, 2012 @10:37AM (#4953052)
or just :x
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Re:Learn Linux The Hard Way (β version) by nollidge on Friday December 21, 2012 @12:14PM (#4953508)
or Shift+Z-Z
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Re:Learn Linux The Hard Way (β version) by pbhjpbhj on Friday December 21, 2012 @08:50AM (#4952645)
IIRC the basics are ":wq"?
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Re:Learn Linux The Hard Way (β version) by Draiken on Friday December 21, 2012 @09:50AM (#4952836)
I think the biggest confusion in vi is the insert/normal mode. Unexperienced people tend to think on a text editor when you type ":" you add that to the text, while in vim it's the start of a command :D
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