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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Memes like this always make we wonder the original version of it. I am dying to know the original context of why the father doesn't want the boyfriend to pull out

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

The father didn't believe the boy's claim and dared him to demonstrate exiting Vim without pulling out the power cable that night.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I've used vim for so many years now that it blows my mind when people act like it's difficult to use.

The same thing with installing Arch and even Gentoo .. if you've got good experience with something like redhat/centos and can read documentation it's a breeze.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What? A task gets easier the more experience you got with it? I think you're in for a Nobel price or something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ha, I’m aware it was stating the obvious, but I never found vim difficult in the beginning either. I was given a “linux cheat sheet” and then told to bugger off and do stuff… vim took maybe 15-20 mins before I was comfortable.

The hardest part was learning how my company’s ancient software worked honestly, which even after six years there was still intimidating and baffling at times.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

No save and a bang! Damn son you live dangerously.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can make sure you really yank it out with :qa!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, silly me, can't forget about my other dicks!

an octopus with its tentacles spread out

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[–] astraeus 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The same cannot be said about nano

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

casual nano fan here. can’t stand vim, if my text editor has its own command line then there’s a problem lol

at least we can all come together and say that emacs is the worst

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

The dad is no longer thinking about his daughter by the time he answers that guy.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think quitting vim is the only thing I know how to do with it

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm on the emacs side of things, but knowing at least the bare minimum of vim is handy, because I have run into into systems (usually very small systems like routers or something) where some vi variant is available and nothing else is. Though as systems get bigger, it has become more the norm to have at least nano also available.

I'd know at least this:

  • i to enter insert mode. Then you can edit as in a non-modal editor.

  • Esc to exit insert mode and go back to normal mode.

  • h, j, k, l move left, down, up, and right. The fingers under your right hand on a QWERTY keyboard.

  • / to start a regex search

  • % and then SRC/REPLACEMENT to do a regex replacement.

  • :q to exit without saving changes.

  • :wq to save and exit.

That's enough to perform a couple of small edits or something if need be.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Also another important one is :q! if you want to quit without saving changes, though vim will remind you if you leave off the ! in case you forget.

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

Fun fact, you can also press ZQ in normal mode to exit without saving.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

😆 I can't tell if I really like using vim or if it's Stockholm syndrom. ZQ

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

I've been trying to get good at vim recently and the more I learn how to do, the more I love it. I already hit the inflection point of being better with vim then regular text editors, but I can tell I'm nowhere near as fast as I can be

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Keep at it, it’s a learning curve but when you get over it you’re not gonna wanna program without it. IdeaVim is great in Jetbrains IDEs and the vim plugin for vs code is pretty decent, if you’re more into an IDE than a terminal.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Just don't pull out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why quitting vim is such a big deal lmao?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

Rebooting your pc everytime gets annoying after a while

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

It literally gives you instructions on how to exit if it thinks that's what you're trying to do...

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

But even then it's not really obvious the ":" is part of the command which makes things even more confusing.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Hard reboot right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

[Shift] + ZQ

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

:wq! is the “really save” way

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

So it wasn't just me that didn't know.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Father in law approves son's post for landing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He's a witch! BURN HIM

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

She holds shift for me while I ZZ

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