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3. I never had a problem exiting, whether :wq or ZZ

Sat Aug 5, 2023, 12:41 PM

Aug 2023

vi and ex run in next to no memory, which is what early computers had.

A "Joy" to use once you know a bit.

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Vim: Message from the family of Bram Moolenar [View all] Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 OP

:wq! usonian Aug 2023 #1

vi -- viciously insane; vim -- viciously insane masochist Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2023 #2

I never had a problem exiting, whether :wq or ZZ usonian Aug 2023 #3