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nitwhiz
7y

Ctrl+X followed by Ctrl+C to quit. Let that sink in. Think about :wq. Think about Ctrl+X. Think. Ask yourself how you think about it and then think again.

And if you say "well it's AWESOME" then start using your clipboard more when using a gui around the terminal or ssh and come back 1 month later.

People say vi is counter intuitive.. what the fuck is emacs then?

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  • 3
    7y
    Two recurrent facepalm scenarios for me:

    - Ctrl+C to copy a piece of log from the terminal = Kill the process.

    -Ctrl+Shift+C to copy a piece of text from the web browser = open inspection window
  • 1
    7y
    @zvyn thats what im saying. Opening some kind of "what do you want to do?" line via esc and then entering just ASCII characters is the way to go. Not some control-shortcuts used for completely different things around the system..
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