On Thu, 2003-11-13 at 11:50, Ross Werner wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Bryan Murdock wrote: > > > > The only vim command you ever need to learn - :q > > > > Actually to be safe you better tell people to use -> ESC :q! <- a simple > > sequence that requires pressing only six keys and works in whatever mode > > you've gotten yourself into. > > Not quite ... there are a few places in vim that even this won't work. > Try /^V for example. [Bonus points for finding others.] > > Besides, I think his point was that he won't ever be in vim long enough to > have to use either the ESC or the !.
I don't know, the usual mistake I've seen is you open vi and just start typing text. This usually takes you to some weird mode. Bryan > > ~ ross ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
