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IMHO, it's a horrible hack that is just broken. It's obscure and we need to rewrite it because it has a bad structure. ^X^Cquit^[ESC][ESC]^C

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)

ESC + :q!

ESC to enter normal mode (if you're in a different mode like insert) : (colon) to enter commands q to quit ! (or a) to use the quit command withiut keeping any changes

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

He's speaking the language of the gods..

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

ESC + (shift) ZZ is faster and also saves your changes!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

good to know :3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm basically a god at work cause I knew this already, but never explained the pain I went through to get here.