moonleay@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · edit-22 days agoAre you vimming yet?feddit.orgimagemessage-square50fedilinkarrow-up1527arrow-down111
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minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down5·1 day 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-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours agoCarpenter’s axe to the utility line outside my house
minus-squarenickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·26 minutes 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-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 day agoYeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoYou need to type i first to enter insert mode.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/13282877
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoAnd you weren’t curious about how it worked? Not at all?
minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·1 day 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.
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?)
Yeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
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.