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sg47 · 2021-11-26 00:42:13

Vim is dn addiction. Difficult to quit

amalgamated_inc | karma 512 | avg karma 0.99 · | 2023-01-04 09:08:30

Some say I have a Vim addiction.

But I can quit anytime.

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elchief | karma 3586 | avg karma 2.96 · | 2017-07-06 18:29:49

to quit Vim

kupopuffs | karma 204 | avg karma 1.15 · | 2023-03-03 00:28:39

when quitting Vim becomes even harder

zeroonetwothree | karma 4300 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2023-08-05 23:17:41

No vim thread is complete without a discussion of how it’s hard to quit.

bayesian_horse | karma 3481 | avg karma 1.19 · | 2018-08-07 11:32:27+00:00

I've been using vim for a long time now. Mainly because I haven't figured out how to quit yet.

hot_gril | karma 4539 | avg karma 1.17 · | 2023-05-18 17:35:08

How to quit vim

ARandomerDude | karma 5060 | avg karma 3.73 · | 2023-12-12 09:44:13

How to quit vim.

bsnaydin | karma 3 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2022-06-10 07:59:16

Vim is a habit

aarong11 | karma 137 | avg karma 2.17 · | 2020-05-26 12:52:58

The only reason I use vim is because I don't know how to quit

sailorganymede | karma 162 | avg karma 1.72 · | 2022-09-24 09:34:53

Vim. Haven't been able to escape since I started and don't want to ever escape now

bagol | karma 67 | avg karma 1.63 · | 2018-05-21 05:54:59+00:00

Did you mean, "It's hard to quit from using vim once you get accustomed to it."? :)

nicksergeant | karma 2615 | avg karma 4.74 · | 2011-12-12 22:20:18+00:00

That is simply depressing. I went to Vim for this alone, and, well now I'm addicted to Vim.

ansible | karma 5563 | avg karma 2.43 · | 2014-08-25 21:05:13+00:00

People are addicted? News to me.

I've been using VI/VIM for decades. If I am looking at a piece of code, I don't think too much about how to move around, or delete lines, or such. It mostly happens while I'm thinking of higher level issues.

Fixing indent issues is just a couple keystrokes, so that reduces my distraction too.

Practice, practice, practice with the tools you are going to use every day.

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milin | karma 8 | avg karma 0.12 · | 2019-06-10 18:43:09+00:00

Vim is life.

smilesnd | karma 276 | avg karma 1.99 · | 2018-06-29 08:06:15+00:00

'Esc :q' to quit vim seems to be the one trick most people don't know.

lordnacho | karma 27890 | avg karma 4.8 · | 2023-02-25 04:37:16

I don't use vim much since nano seems to be on every installation I've seen recently.

But I don't think anyone can avoid learning how to quit vim. We've all been there, you think you know the keys, you don't, now you are trapped.

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tom_ | karma | avg karma · | 2022-05-31 02:07:25

I never used to quit vim either!

waych | karma 196 | avg karma 1.61 · | 2023-12-08 22:31:07

I think about this meme every time I get distracted adding more customization to my vimrc. "How do I quit vim?" I ask myself as I dig deeper down the rabbit hole.

toksaitov | karma 150 | avg karma 3.85 · | 2011-09-26 05:52:28

Too late. Hooked on Vim.