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[–] Endmaker@ani.social 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (13 children)

Personally, I have seen so many memes about exiting vim that by the time I got to use it for the first time, exiting it was a no-brainer.

For any newbies out there, the command is

:wq
[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Just to add: possible need to tap esc first, as your random flailing probably put you in insert mode, or something more exotic.

And only add w if you want to save the file. :q! If you don't

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

! If you edited the buffer at all. 👍

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

With random flailing, most likely

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