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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] kautau 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm too used to nano, switching for micro for a while I was constantly using nano key combos and making a mess of things.

Stockholm syndrome from key combos lol

[–] kautau 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It would just be a bit funny since sensible keybindings was one of the reasons I originally switched. Turns out I had already used nano too long for me to actually want that feature hah.

[–] kautau 7 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Haha very true, if micro was the default, many people coming from common GUI apps would be like “okay, ctrl z to undo” and “ctrl s to save” “wow, it actually worked”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Absolutely. It would make sense as the default instead of nano (or vim of all things). Would help those who are just starting with Linux.

[–] kautau 3 points 6 months ago

Def! I sort of wish the RFC committee would push standards for smart cross-platform shortcuts. Of course people with muscle memory in a different standard should be able to change for their usage, but even GUI apps like vscode, sublime text, IntelliJ, etc could benefit from standardization there

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I usually just power-cycle the machine

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months 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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] TheRedSpade 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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 7 points 6 months 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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months 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?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months 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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[–] MashedTech 7 points 6 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

I think you can just use y and p

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 2 points 6 months 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

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months 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 12 points 6 months ago

Vim enthusiasts are just people with late stage Stockholm syndrome

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (3 children)

there aren't.

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Pour one out for 0x10c

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I've found Ostranauts recently, and it's really fun and I feel has some of the same vibes. Not even close to the same though, being able to program your own systems that you put together. I still sometimes think about what 0x10c could have been. I've considered doing something similar myself, but I haven't gotten around to it. Maybe someday something similar will exist.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

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

most people would recognise his songs though...

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[–] Dehydrated 13 points 6 months ago

I have a few more suggestions:

  • JACKBOYS - WHAT TO DO?
  • Travis Scott - LOST FOREVER
  • Travis Scott - Impossible
[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why do you want to exit? Just :terminal

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

RIP to people who never shutdown or restart their PCs

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

Less is more, or rather, more is less

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

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

[–] davetapley 8 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Someone finally exited vim

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months 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

[–] bl4ckblooc 3 points 6 months ago

Nuka Cola is better

[–] ZILtoid1991 3 points 6 months ago

Nano >>> vim

[–] Linkerbaan 2 points 6 months ago

Pull the plug - Death

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