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Programmers then and now (lemmy.ml)

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[–] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I first tried vi in the early 90s, before I had easy access to online resources. I had to open a new shell and kill the vi process to exit it. Next time I dialed into my usual BBS I asked how to exit that thing. But since then I've liked it, because vi has been on every system I ever ssh'ed into.

[–] barsoap@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago

You quit it just like you quit ed or ex, just that you have to enter the prompt (:) yourself as vi is not by default in prompt mode. And you should know ed, ed is the standard editor.

I use Helix btw.