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minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·1 month 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-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·1 month agoYeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoCarpenter’s axe to the utility line outside my house
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoYou need to type i first to enter insert mode.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/13282877
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoAnd you weren’t curious about how it worked? Not at all?
minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·1 month 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.