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How do I quit Vim??

Posted: Wed May 08, 2024 8:13 pm
by M3M3N70
I was doing Ctrl-x but that was not working and I had to quit the window and lost all of 5 hours of progress on my term paper. Plz help!

Re: How do I quit Vim??

Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:36 pm
by FerrisTheCrab
It's actually quite simple. Instead of opening Vim with the traditional command:

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vim [filename]
Use this command instead:

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nano [filename]

Re: How do I quit Vim??

Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2024 12:46 pm
by hyphen-emdash
Real programmers use

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emacs [filename]

Re: How do I quit Vim??

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2024 3:03 pm
by FerrisTheCrab
Real real programmers use

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echo [filedata] > [filename]

Re: How do I quit Vim??

Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2024 9:30 pm
by the_bungler
i dont kno w :oops: :shock: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: