VI was so pathetic and old - blasphemy! - that I almost gave up on college and the career as I mistakenly thought in my grief, at having to suffer that dreck, that it was all gonna be like that.
Thankfully someone showed me anything different. About 5 options, actually . I picked one and I’m happy to use anything else (eg sed-i) unless vi is the only thing left; and then I decide whether it’s worth it.
What a sad old callback to the Vietnam war that is (not for the name; it’s that old).
I know the vi cabal will be upset to hear someone who tried it actually doesn’t worship it. They’re gonna downvote me. That’s okay. I got over that hate 30 years ago.
Just remember : there’s probably something else you can use and experience more joy, if they haven’t demanded everything else be removed.
why’d ya make it weird, OP
Can’t relate I use nano
You say it like ^X was somehow intuitive
“killall vim” in another terminal tab
who needs another tab
:!killall -9 vim
pull the computer cord out of the wall
Bought a new computer, threw the old one out.
This is the way.
We’re dangerously close to revealing the real reason I keep trying new operating systems…
That’s an easy fix. I had to burn my house down
The Apple approved way of exiting vim
CTRL+face on keyboard. I guess Z got me out, but who knows.
Literally facerolled vim, nice
control-z, kill %1
I closed the terminal, the second time I googled how to quit
That’s what she said.
North Carolina style, head to your nearest electric substation and open fire*
*Doesn’t work for laptops, instead just shoot the laptop
Ctrl +Z
Shutting down my computer with the button, restarting, and installing Emacs.
hold button to restart computer
