moonleay to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • edit-28 months agoAre you vimming yet?feddit.orgimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1576arrow-down113
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minus-square@pinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish11•8 months agoThe first time I used VI I typed a few characters, then hit backspace to delete some characters. Backspace doesn’t delete characters. I closed VI and never opened it again.
minus-square@hakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink19•8 months agoYeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
minus-square@pinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoCarpenter’s axe to the utility line outside my house
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)linkfedilink1•8 months agoAs a long-time vim enjoyer, I like your gusto. Imagine if you could apply regexes to that carpenter’s axe. (Also, what sort? Do you have one of those awesome Gransfors Bruks ones?)
minus-square@Anticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•8 months agoYou need to type i first to enter insert mode.
minus-square@Anticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•8 months agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/13282877
minus-square@zarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•8 months agoAnd you weren’t curious about how it worked? Not at all?
minus-square@pinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish0•8 months agoA million better alternatives exist. I was curious about them.
The first time I used VI I typed a few characters, then hit backspace to delete some characters. Backspace doesn’t delete characters. I closed VI and never opened it again.
Yeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
But how did you close it?
Carpenter’s axe to the utility line outside my house
As a long-time vim enjoyer, I like your gusto. Imagine if you could apply regexes to that carpenter’s axe.
(Also, what sort? Do you have one of those awesome Gransfors Bruks ones?)
You need to type
ifirst to enter insert mode.Now I can’t exit HELPPP
^C^Chttps://lemmy.world/comment/13282877
And you weren’t curious about how it worked? Not at all?
A million better alternatives exist. I was curious about them.