majestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoHow dare you use a text editor because it's easy to uselemmy.fosshost.comimagemessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageHow dare you use a text editor because it's easy to uselemmy.fosshost.commajestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square299fedilink
minus-square737@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months agostop using nano, if you want a non modal editor use vim -y
minus-squarerhys@lemmy.rhys.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoUh, just trying non-modal vim for the first time and… how do I quit it? I can’t :q.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoCtrl-q and then if it asks to save, type “no, fuck you”
minus-squareBoxscape@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-22 months ago Uh, just trying non-modal vim for the first time and… how do I quit it? I can’t :q.
minus-squareMyNameIsRichard@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI’ve never tried modal vim because I’ve only just heard about it. The next thing I’d try is restarting the computer. Or Ctrl + Q whichever’s easier.
stop using nano, if you want a non modal editor use
vim -y
Uh, just trying non-modal vim for the first time and… how do I quit it? I can’t :q.
Ctrl-q
and then if it asks to save, type “no, fuck you”I’ve never tried modal vim because I’ve only just heard about it. The next thing I’d try is restarting the computer. Or Ctrl + Q whichever’s easier.