programmer_humor·Programmer HumorbyKerb ways to close vimView original on discuss.tchncs.de206Comments41
Jakylla sh.itjust.works4Hide 4 replies Unplug the computer Shut the house electric safety switch down Cut the electricity pole nearest to the house Bomb the nearest electricity distribution post 40
EErr(()).unwrap() replylemmy.world Wait for a sufficiently powerful coronal mass ejection to collapse the global electric grid 7
Jakylla replysh.itjust.worksPretty sure I can learn my grandma to put a fork in any socket to close Vim, no prior knowledge needed1
aalnilam lemmy.world3Hide 3 repliesDoes colon-capital-Q-exclamation mark even work? I'm pretty sure it's only lower case q.27
Kerb replydiscuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replyits supposed to be lowercase, but imgflip put the entire text in uppercase.22
RRustySharp replyprogramming.devHonestly, the joke landed anyway. I've done numerous uppercase-Q trying to quit, because I didn't let go of Shift fast enough after typing the colon...5
EEufalconimorph discuss.tchncs.de4Hide 4 repliescat /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem" is my favorite dumb way. Clear its memory, wait for the segfault.18
JJulian replylemm.ee2Hide 2 replies...you can write to program memory? Idk how exactly but that feels like a security risk.2
nnintendiator replyfeddit.cl1Hide 1 replyIt's your process, why shouldn't you be able to write to it? Vi is certainly doing it...6
vrkr replyprogramming.dev dumb way. Get fancy, add progress bar: pv < /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem"1
SSarsoar lemmy.world1Hide 1 replyctrl-S instinctively from windows then panic when the terminal pauses and isnt accepting input so you restart the computer.5
Kerb replydiscuss.tchncs.de1Hide 1 replyholy crap, that's exactly what i wanted the last command to do. i just didn't know you can target jobs, and settled with quitting the shell instead4
graham1 replygekinzuku.comyeah it's my favorite way to exit Vim. I post it every time I get a chance lol https://gekinzuku.com/comment/2027902
mormegil programming.devThere's a whole repo of possible methods: https://github.com/hakluke/how-to-exit-vim4
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JJohnJVaccaro lemmy.sdf.orgtry... :x it will save your changes and exit vim If there are no changes to the then it just exits vim.1
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Sagrotan replylemmy.worldI call my local energy provider and simply cancel my contract with immediate effect.1
nuke it from orbit. it's the only way to be sure.
"Simple and easily explained."
Pretty sure I can learn my grandma to put a fork in any socket to close Vim, no prior knowledge needed
Does colon-capital-Q-exclamation mark even work? I'm pretty sure it's only lower case q.
its supposed to be lowercase,
but imgflip put the entire text in uppercase.
Honestly, the joke landed anyway. I've done numerous uppercase-Q trying to quit, because I didn't let go of
Shiftfast enough after typing the colon...Was going to say this, myself.
you can close vim?
"this is my life now"
cat /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem"is my favorite dumb way. Clear its memory, wait for the segfault....you can write to program memory? Idk how exactly but that feels like a security risk.
It's your process, why shouldn't you be able to write to it? Vi is certainly doing it...
You do need to be root to do it to arbitrary processes.
Get fancy, add progress bar: pv < /dev/zero > "/proc/$(pidof vim)/mem"
Amateur. Just unplug the power cable.
Open vim.
Accept vim is the OS now.
One panel below: shut down the computer
ctrl-S instinctively from windows then panic when the terminal pauses and isnt accepting input so you restart the computer.
Fuck, are you me?
ctrl-zkill %1holy crap,
that's exactly what i wanted the last command to do.
i just didn't know you can target jobs,
and settled with quitting the shell instead
yeah it's my favorite way to exit Vim. I post it every time I get a chance lol https://gekinzuku.com/comment/202790
There's a whole repo of possible methods: https://github.com/hakluke/how-to-exit-vim
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ZZ will save file though, the others won't. You meant ZQ.
Alt+PrtScnotry...
:x
it will save your changes and exit vim If there are no changes to the then it just exits vim.
til shift-z shift-z. am I stupid
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Does unplugging the machine not work?
I call my local energy provider and simply cancel my contract with immediate effect.