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KISSmyOS ,

Prevention is key:
alias vim='emacs'

LeandroCunha ,

The funny thing is that at first everyone has difficulty with VIM. 🤣

Treczoks ,

I simply avoid this issue by not starting vim in the first place.

possiblylinux127 ,
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Don't pull plugs out of the wall by the cord. Grab the base of the plug firmly and pull perpendicular to the wall

AstroLightz ,

So you're saying I shouldn't pull the socket out of the wall to unplug?

possiblylinux127 ,
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Don't pull on the cord

garzaza77 ,

it's just too many keys to press at once i cant do it

Draconic_NEO ,
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Just click the X on your terminal window.

thechadwick ,

Why would you exit vim tho? Are you being forced under duress or something?

daniskarma ,

The laughing comes when you are so used to vim that you begin using :q in other programs and wonder why doesn't it exit.

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot ,

Doesn't work on laptops.

DestroyMegacorps ,

then disassemble the laptop and remove the battery connection

Nilz ,

Maybe that's why Linux users enjoy old ThinkPads so much, you can just pull out the battery without opening the laptop.

possiblylinux127 ,
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Sledge hammer is your only option

some_guy ,

First boisterous laugh of the day. Thank you!

GravelPieceOfSword ,

See how the socket looks like a V?

That's how you remember it's meant to be used to exit vi.

uis ,
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That socket looks shocked

possiblylinux127 ,
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It does?

PlexSheep , (edited )
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I really don't get the exit vim meme anymore.
It's just two key presses, trivial. When you hit <C-c> it tells you exactly what to do. Anyone stuck in vom either does not read or has no idea how to use a terminal.

Edit: I'm German, I meant vim.

hollunder ,

Yeah vom is easy. Have you tried exiting vim tho?

Dicska ,

Whenever I have to edit a text file when nauseous, I just vom it.

jaybone ,

I use omacs

hollunder ,

on i-macs?

jaybone ,

On umix

iAvicenna ,

I mean how hard could it be, you just press some random letters until it exits

Croquette ,

Vim is unintuitive. If you are a new linux CLI user and follow some tutorials that tells you to run vim, modify something then save and exit, it can be daunting.

Dasnap ,
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:x simple as. Vim was the first terminal text editor I used so I'm biased.

Windex007 ,

ESC : q ENTER (assuming you haven't modified the buffer)?

What's the two key press exit pattern?

some_guy ,

^^ The kind of person who doesn't remember what it's like being new at the CLI.

or…

Linux is so easy, n00b. You're just stupid.

PlexSheep ,
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I hope the first one. But the effect is real, stuff you know already was easy and stuff you don't is hard. I'm feeling it with my migration to proxmox, it's hard.

Empricorn ,

vom stand for "Vi, only maybe".

rem26_art ,
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Better turn off all the breakers in your house. Just to make sure you've really closed it

Tomato666 ,

Burn down the sub station to be sure...

possiblylinux127 ,
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Steal a nuclear bomb and wipe out your entire city. That's my strat

TheGingerNut ,
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Glad ubuntu defaults to nano. One of the few decent choices that distro ever made

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