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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @orthzar 7 Jun 2023 \ on: Daily discussion thread
The Vim manpage should begin with how to exit Vim.
For anyone who doesn't know:
vim
comes preinstalled with vimtutor
Exiting
vim
is in lesson 1.2:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lesson 1.2: EXITING VIM !! NOTE: Before executing any of the steps below, read this entire lesson!! 1. Press the <ESC> key (to make sure you are in Normal mode). 2. Type: :q! <ENTER>. This exits the editor, DISCARDING any changes you have made. 3. Get back here by executing the command that got you into this tutor. That might be: vimtutor <ENTER> 4. If you have these steps memorized and are confident, execute steps 1 through 3 to exit and re-enter the editor. NOTE: :q! <ENTER> discards any changes you made. In a few lessons you will learn how to save the changes to a file. 5. Move the cursor down to lesson 1.3. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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