People sometimes say
That vi(1) is difficult to exit
But I think I'll stay in here
Until it is safe to come out
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@dentangle
In the end 80s I found something called "edlin" along Dos. I found later a proper way of exiting, but 1st time decided for pressing three keys at the same time 🥾🥾🥾
@dentangle The ballad of "shift ZZ". A tale of ":q!" :-)
@dentangle When I was studying (around '85) the editor (ed) was running on a different machine, when your were editing and the mainframe went down, staying in ed until it was up again was the way to save your session.
@dentangle
Seems legit to me.
Seems legit to me.
@dentangle vi is really interesting to exit if using a German keyboard as a native English speaker.
The 'x' and 'z' keys are transposed. 😑
The 'x' and 'z' keys are transposed. 😑
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