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[–] vlad76 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (8 children)
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[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Vim user here. The only way to exit vim is to pray to the Vim gods and sacrifice your first born, hoping that they'll cause a cosmic ray to hit the right spot in the memory to flip the right bit that causes it to exit. There are no alternatives.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I usually just power-cycle the machine

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[–] match@pawb.social 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

easy mnemonic to quit vim: imagine you're captain Picard in the middle of typing ":3" when Q shows up

[–] Crow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Or, hear me out, : because you're doing a command, and then q for quit. Probably make it wq too, to write and quit

[–] chraebsli@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

did you know there is a vim tutor for learning how to vim?

[–] TheRedSpade@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

vimtutor, which I believe is installed with vim by default

Edit: My brain apparently inserted an extra word that made it seem like you were seeking said program. Leaving it though for those wondering in the future.

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[–] kautau@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Forgot

Escape first, because it wants to keep you inside the matrix and you need to tell it you are trying to escape

q!

Because you probably don’t want to save whatever you’ve accidentally done to that file trying to quit, and you have to add an exclamation point because unless you yell loudly at vim it won’t listen

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, that doesn't make any sense. We need something convoluted so that people don't remember it next time it's needed.

[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Tell that to my history teacher...

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[–] snaggen@programming.dev 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have been a vim user for more than 20 years. I tried to quit for a couple of years, but now I have just accepted my faith.

[–] RustyNova@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Vim enthusiasts are just people with late stage Stockholm syndrome

[–] swab148@startrek.website 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Just because this is a vim meme, does anyone know how to copy text from one instance of vim to the other?

[–] embed_me@programming.dev 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You can yank text to system clipboard buffer ie +. Then paste (put) from the clipboard to any other vim process.

Keep in mind you should have clipboard support in your vim. If you're on ubuntu, install vim-gtk and you should be good

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[–] docAvid@midwest.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just use a single instance of Emacs to edit everything everywhere all at once. You can even use vim keybindings if you have no taste.

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[–] Mohaim@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Install xclip then press "+y (double-quote plus-sign y) to yank to system clipboard then "+p to put from sys clipboard

[–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Fuck it, use neovim and copy to the system clipboard.

[–] theFibonacciEffect@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago

I think you can just use y and p

[–] Traister101@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instance of Vim? Swap buffers fool

[–] swab148@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

Would this work if one of those instances was in a VM?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Copy the text to a local clipboard, then paste it into your terminal in the other instance

IDK I only use vim over ssh

[–] xigoi 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there any playlist that wouldn’t be improved by adding Cat by C418 at the end?

[–] chraebsli@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

there aren't.

& most people don't even know what/ who C418 is...

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He was that guy working on the music for that 0x10c game, right?

[–] quylaa@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Pour one out for 0x10c

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haven't heard of 0x10c since 2012. Shame it was canceled, I love Elite and would love more games in its niche

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[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

most people don't even know what/ who C418 is...

most people would recognise his songs though...

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[–] autokludge@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you want to exit? Just :terminal

[–] chraebsli@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

RIP to people who never shutdown or restart their PCs

[–] Dehydrated@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I have a few more suggestions:

  • JACKBOYS - WHAT TO DO?
  • Travis Scott - LOST FOREVER
  • Travis Scott - Impossible
[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Less is more, or rather, more is less

[–] chraebsli@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

less really is more with more features. and more IS less with less features

[–] LinearArray@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Someone finally exited vim

[–] davetapley@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago
[–] RiikkaTheIcePrincess@pawb.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's really not that hard v.v Caring to learn all' the shenans, that's the hard part. Same goes for Emacs. Archaic interfaces for the sake of archaism or "cool cred," I say 🤷

Edit: Also haha the joke is funny :P

[–] Simon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Funny story. After you start you can't go back. What is a nano?

Edit: If ctrl-z doesn't get you out of vim you need to install another terminal or more likely just ditch your distro altogether.

[–] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Nuka Cola is better

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Nano >>> vim

[–] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Pull the plug - Death

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