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    Me giving advice about text editors (lemmy.world)
    submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    [–] [email protected] 137 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

    Once you try Vim you will never use another text editor. Or any other program for that matter because you won't be able to exit.

    [–] [email protected] 32 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I also had that experience with emacs, which has a built in help system. I couldn't find a topic on 'exit' or 'quit' and refused to just search online.

    Took me half an hour.

    [–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    and refused to just search online

    Unless you were f*cked by your ISP as I am right now, that's having some balls. Or being masochist. But nothing in between

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

    I really didn't want to let it win.

    [–] Vuraniute 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I'm editor bilingual but im a bit rusty in Emacs, so skill check: its C-x C-c right?

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    Ctrl + meta + butterfly

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

    Yes. Though I believe it only kills the current frame if there are multiple

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    No, I think that exits. C-c k kills the buffer, C-x 0 (zero) will kill the frame. But I may have changed my binds and can never remember which is window and which is frame in emacs terms.

    However, it’s somewhat moot as just about everywhere you run emacs, it’ll open up in gui mode and you can use the file menu. (Or use F10 to bring up the menus in terminal, but I have no idea where on the manual it would say that)

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

    What are you running MS-DOS? laughs in multi-tasking.

    I just drag my vi terminals to another workspace and launch a new editor.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

    I just drag my vi terminals to another workspace and launch a new editor.

    I see what you did there. Lol.