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    exiting vim, peak hahas (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
    submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Borger@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
     
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    [–] uranushertz@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I do not get these exiting vim memes. I've been using vim for over 20 years and it was maybe difficult to remember for the first week, tops.

    [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Ah, but have you used ed, the standard editor?

    [–] sata_andagi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

    ed, man! man ed!

    [–] uranushertz@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

    I have not. But since I learned vi on Linux and Unix, it was using ex as it's 'personality'. ed is not something I have dug into.

    [–] uranushertz@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

    Quick search, it appears as though ed is a precursor to sed, which I use all the time. Both of which have a similar context and toolset to ex used in vim.