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    [–] SzethFriendOfNimi 41 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (6 children)

    It’s easy.

    Escape to exit edit mode : to prefix a command
    q to quit
    ! to confirm

    Now emacs… those people are crazy.

    [–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

    Asking someone to quit emacs when they never tried before is a great method to generate random strings for a secure password.

    [–] turbowafflz 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I used emacs when I first started programming because it was what my dad showed me and I always thought it was easier than vim. Then I used a bunch of other things for a while and mostly use vim now and whenever I try to use emacs I am so confused because it makes so much less sense than vim after actually using both

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    You could always use emacs with evil-mode to have vim key bindings

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Evil mode, I like that 🤣🤣🤣.

    [–] SzethFriendOfNimi 4 points 9 months ago

    For me vi was my first experience with it.

    So yeah, I think it’s often about what you’re used to

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    I've always preferred vi commands, they make sense and are mostly abbreviations or regex, all the other editors have the strangest commands...

    To write and quit in vi :wq

    To write and quit in nano: ctrl-o, confirmation dialog about tmp files, ctrl-x, confirmation dialog about exiting... weird feeling that I didn't actually save the file... reopen, okay it saved, ctrl-x, confirmation dialog, weird feeling that I accidently edited the file...

    [–] pete_the_cat 3 points 9 months ago

    I used nano for years until I forced myself to learn the basics of vi(m), now whenever something opens nano by default it annoys me and I immediately change the editor to vim 😂

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

    Yeah, like Word, you open it, don't change anything, close, "Do you want to save changes?"... WTF 🤨.

    [–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

    ! = Force

    Meaning quit without saving. If no changes have been made, you can :q and that will work. If you've fumbled and made any change to the file, you'll need the ! to get it to quit without saving.

    [–] brlemworld 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    I typically just esc :wq

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

    WQ = Write and Quit Q! = quit and do nothing else

    Multiline cut, copy, paste is where I forget commands.

    [–] cashews_best_nut 1 points 9 months ago

    Multiline cut

    I just use visual edit mode. Or 5yy for copy 5 lines. Paste is easy - p.

    I'm shit at navigating and anything with the "g" command. I never bothered learning that.

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

    with Emacs you're never out of Control