How to exit vim

` alias vim=nano` to enable exit-functionality

Impossible

Press ctrl-z

Pull the plug

Ask on devRant

:q

@vintprox It's what i did. What are you on about?

im sure you'd get alot of postive feedback for questioning that on stackoverflow

that's the fun part; you don't

@thebiochemic i usually just restart my pc

@joewilliams007 wait... you don't just reinstall the OS?

@thebiochemic thanks. i will do next time

Esc+:!/bin/bash

You have to write something which crashes it. Obviously, I won't patronize you by explaining how.

Shoot computer

@vintprox Yeah, you're right, he should have asked on DevRant.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

:cringe

@aviophile Tried it. Doesn't work.

I do think it's high time there was a straightforward facial gesture you could do to exit vim though, preferably :cringe. I mean, it's 2023, for god's sake!!!!!

Did you exit it by now?

You don’t

now, now u just have to turn right on the 4-th corner and you'll see the exit sign. I've been there, thrust me

You can check-out any time you like, but you can never leave!

@Oktokolo hotel California/Vim

@We3D Yes - one of the rare songs where melody and lyrics are both good.

Many people say Vim is hard. It’s really easy.

1. First, search for “how to use vim basics”
2. Go for a more customisable version of vim (say nvim) (very personal opinion)
3. Spend a few hours trying to make it “look nice”.
4. Spend hours on YouTube, learning entire new programming languages and configuration mechanisms to “customise” shortcuts and plugins
5. Love it if you find all plugins. Hate it if you work on some languages/frameworks that don’t have a very cool language server or plugin or setup tutorials. (Eg: salesforce)
6. Love it or hate it, set fire to the computer
7. When fire subsides, wash the ashes away
8. Buy a new computer
9. Install another IDE (like VSCode) and use it
10. Every 6-8 months, try the whole thing again, and resist the temptation to kill yourself as hard as you can. If you fail to resist, no one would judge you. 🫡

@Sid2006 infinite loop