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submitted 11 months ago by glassyoghurtsipper@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

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[-] elax102@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

You can also type :x to write and quit. Just imaging the amount of time saved not pressing one extra letter. ^Could save your life.^

[-] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 11 months ago

:x for write and quit. But I think the more appropriate one in this situation will be :q! which will force quit without saving any modifications, since someone who doesn't know how to exit vim probably doesn't want to save whatever modifications they made (probably by mistake).

[-] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks for adding this. I'm sure it'll be useful to know and save me some heartache.

I tried out Linux a long time ago and have forgotten a lot of what I knew. I'm thinking of switching back again.

[-] selawdivad@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

You can also type ZZ (uppercase, so hold Shift) to write and quit. But for all of the above you have to be in normal mode, so if it doesn't work, try pressing Esc first.