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exiting vim, peak hahas (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
 
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[–] uranushertz@lemmy.one 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do not get these exiting vim memes. I've been using vim for over 20 years and it was maybe difficult to remember for the first week, tops.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Ah, but have you used ed, the standard editor?

[–] sata_andagi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

ed, man! man ed!

[–] uranushertz@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I have not. But since I learned vi on Linux and Unix, it was using ex as it's 'personality'. ed is not something I have dug into.

[–] uranushertz@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Quick search, it appears as though ed is a precursor to sed, which I use all the time. Both of which have a similar context and toolset to ex used in vim.