They might be stuck in insert or replace mode. Nobody mentioned hitting escape before
:x or :q!Lol, as if they haven’t already tried Esc half a dozen times before googling how exit vim
If the idea of hitting escape didn’t spark for them, I don’t think they can even get into insert mode
One great thing about this joke is a that I doubt there’s anyone left who doesn’t know how to exit vim.
Was watching a twitch streamer learning linux, and chat convinced them to open vim for the first time. Not a single person gave the real answer of how to exit, all joke answers like “Power off,” and it was hilarious.
I have no idea, but I know it’s awful
It’s really not that bad.
[] :wqEscape to exit input mode and enter command mode, then the command indicator:wfor write andqfor quit. To quit without writing force it with:q!. Done.
Well, depending on how long one is trying to exit Vim and hence the level of frustration, exiting Vim might involve the use of a sledgehammer…
!sudo poweroff
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My new favorite is:
alias cd='sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root'Sledgehammer!
Works every time.(1)
1might have unpleasant side effects(2)
2for definitions of the word “might” were the probability of that outcome is at least 5 nines.
cat /dev/zero > /dev/kmem ?
Ooh haven’t thought if this one before.
Tell me if it works
Please don’t put the punchline in the title.
Don’t save:
:q!Save::xAdditionally for save and exit:
:wq(read as write and quit) orZZ(without colon).Dude’s in bed.
ZZis clearly the superior choice for the sleepy vi user.Personally prefer
:xprobably because it’s a little more ergonomic, as Z is all the way in the corner (QWERTY), and is the same key twice, while:andxare in two different spots, and can therefore be hit faster.I know, it’s like millisecond differences, but, hey, I’m a vim user.
:xwill save and exit. The difference between:xand:wqis that the latter will always write to the buffer, while the former will only do so if theres a change.Sup. And
ZZis like:x, write only if change was made.
I like
:cqfor if I want to cancel my git commit message (or similar)
Wait, has he entered Vim in his mind??
That’s what everyone who starts learning it does. Then you.
jjjjwebsites or:wqdocuments, and eventually end up installing vim-like plugins for everything
Freak out and force-power-down your PC, and never accidentally open vim again
I have the feeling these editors only make sense on US keyboards. Like “:” for what? This is not a primary sign anywhere, why not just control like a normal person, working on every keyboard?
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Thats what I mean, “/” too, makes no sense at all for search. Its Ctrl+F, Ctrl+S, Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X etc.
Thats why nano makes more sense for all people, but I suppose vim could be edited to be like that?
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sure, pull requests welcome. good luck
Haha not gonna happen
Turn it off and back on again.
:wq!
Why not just :wq
Gotta let it know we mean business! /s
OR :x at that point.
How do I put the punchline in the title?
ctrl-x
:x
ZZ
I got VIM (possibly NeoVIM, I don’t recall) on a thumb drive a few weeks back for an assignment for one of my college courses because I can’t install anything on the college library computers and it threw me off because I had no experience with it before then. Thank goodness for the Internet knowing what to do because I had absolutely no idea how to do just about anything in it.
I’ve recently made the choice to switch to neovim as my main terminal editor and I like it. Even doing coding in it. But bigger projects I still use vs code.
:q!
:!pkill vim
Alt + SysReq + o
