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Re: How to Exit Vim

#51

Post by shrimpx » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:11 AM UTC

I got one: stop paying the electric bill.

Re: How to Exit Vim

#52

Post by Cthulhu_ » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:20 AM UTC

cmroanirgo wrote: post #31

weinzierl wrote: post #28

The question is not "How" but "Why" you would want to ever do that in the first place;-) Many years ago I knew a university professor and students said about him he might leave uni occasionally but he sure never leaves Emacs. Some live in Emacs, some live in Vim.

I live in a different universe to you it seems. The only vim command I know is :q . Honestly, I tried several times over the decades and walked away with my head buzzing. PS: I don't live in emacs either! What I do love in both camps is how the explanations begin... "All you have to do is...[insert irrational (to non-vim/emacs users) command]" which makes me laugh every time. Love the article, which ironically proves…

I know some basic commands and know it well enough to edit git commit messages and interactive rebase (`ddkP` is probably the most advanced command I know). But I've never thought "I prefer this over my regular editor this is amazing". I just don't get the satisfaction.

And of course I'd have to dive deep into the ecosystem in order to get the same benefits that my main editor provides out of the box, like idk, cmd+click to go to definition, or error reporting like squiggly red lines.

Re: How to Exit Vim

#53

Post by wadkar » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:22 AM UTC

reacweb wrote: post #45

I do not like the grep -v grep pattern. I think the regexp trick should be prefered: :!ps axuw | grep [v]im | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9 This can also be merged in the awk command: :!ps axuw | awk '/[v]im/{print $2}' | xargs kill -9

Ugh, ps|grep is unnecessary. Just use pgrep! Or even better, pkill -9 ;-)

Re: How to Exit Vim

#54

Post by dotandimet » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:29 AM UTC

tgv wrote: post #47

scanr wrote: post #17

I like :x which effectively does an :wq if there have been changes but is one character less.

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But these just close the current window, not the entire program

Re: How to Exit Vim

#55

Post by GavinAnderegg » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:30 AM UTC

On a saved buffer, I usually use `Ctrl-w q` (Window command, close). I have Ctrl mapped to caps lock, so this is super quick to do with one hand.

Re: How to Exit Vim

#56

Post by teekert » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:32 AM UTC

Just close the terminal window en delete all files starting with ~ in the directory. Very clean way to stop Vim.

Re: How to Exit Vim

#57

Post by teekert » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:32 AM UTC

shrimpx wrote: post #51

I got one: stop paying the electric bill.

I just installed a Kasa TP-Link smart plug, now I can kill Vim from an app!

Re: How to Exit Vim

#58

Post by huhtenberg » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:33 AM UTC

raverbashing wrote: post #26

Use nvim, press Ctrl-C and it will show the corresponding help message

Where's fun in that?

Re: How to Exit Vim

#59

Post by SpaceInvader » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:34 AM UTC

How about the most basic? ;-) q! wq! x!

;-)

Re: How to Exit Vim

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Post by unkulunkulu » Wed, Jan 08, 2020, 9:34 AM UTC

techbio wrote: post #38

Just stay in Vim :)

You could send a PR with an “Acceptance way”. Also there’s “Radical acceptance way”: kill every other process, although I’m from mobile and too lazy to work out an exact shell command for that