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minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down4·10 hours 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-squarehakunawazo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·9 hours agoYeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
minus-squarezarkanian@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 hours agoAnd you weren’t curious about how it worked? Not at all?
minus-squarepinkystew@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·6 hours agoA million better alternatives exist. I was curious about them.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoYou need to type i first to enter insert mode.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agohttps://lemmy.world/comment/13282877
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?
Yeah yeah, brag about being able to close VI the first time of use…
And you weren’t curious about how it worked? Not at all?
A million better alternatives exist. I was curious about them.
You need to type
ifirst to enter insert mode.Now I can’t exit HELPPP
^C^Chttps://lemmy.world/comment/13282877