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Re:Vim FAQ by nicholassmith on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @01:01PM (#8264010)
That FAQ is broken, the first thing on there should be "How do I quit vim?".
Re:Vim FAQ by ichinco on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @01:19PM (#8264122)
I know you probably meant that as a diss on vim, but for a long time that was the only vim command I knew. I felt more comfortable exploring files in editors and vim was the only editor available on the servers. The first two dozen times, I had to google the :q!
Re:Vim FAQ by nicholassmith on Thursday September 04, 2014 @09:50AM (#8268188)
Partially a diss, partially as if it's the default editor it'll open with no clear indication of how to actually quit it in certain circumstances. I had to do the same thing repeatedly when I first encountered it.
Re:Vim FAQ by jcl on Wednesday September 03, 2014 @05:07PM (#8265463)
Actually, that may not be a frequently asked question, given that vim tells you how to quit on the starting page, as well as when you press control-C.