god help me, i just made a git commit in a centos ...
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groostav
04/08/2020, 9:15 PMgod help me, i just made a git commit in a centos machine and it gave me a vim editor 😱
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groostav
04/08/2020, 9:16 PMits ok, i mashed on my keyboard and eventually letters started appearing, then i hit escape,
:w:xgroostav
04/08/2020, 9:16 PM😩
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elect
04/08/2020, 9:43 PMit's ok, my young padawan
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napperley
04/08/2020, 9:47 PMIf the commit was made on a Ubuntu PC (or one that is Ubuntu based like Linux Mint) then you would end up using Nano instead, which is user friendly by CLI app standards.
napperley
04/08/2020, 9:48 PMNano always shows a legend so you can easily remember important keyboard shortcuts 😁 . Like exiting the text editor for example. With Vim the uninitiated are always trapped ( https://stackoverflow.blog/2017/05/23/stack-overflow-helping-one-million-developers-exit-vim/ ) 😆 .
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Ellen Spertus
04/08/2020, 9:57 PMHey! I’ve been using vim for years…
but that’s just because I can’t figure out how to exit it.
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jaguililla
04/09/2020, 11:10 AMYou'll get to love vi... It is like beer, you don't enjoy it the first time you sip it 😉
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trevjones
04/09/2020, 3:32 PMso in vi terms what does it mean when you find that one beer you like and never deviate?
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jaguililla
04/10/2020, 8:04 PMwisdom? 😄 But however, it is good to taste new brands from time to time... you never know
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Arkadii Ivanov
04/11/2020, 6:52 PMI entered VIM once and had to buy a new computer.
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