• MrNatewood@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    To be fair, usually a new user’s first encounter with vim is it being the default editor when trying to edit a text file. If you open a specific file with it, you won’t see the intro.

  • Joe_0237@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This was a problem for new users historically, but now if you type ^c it says “type :q to exit”

    When i first opened a file in vim, because people praised it, i could not quit. But now thst i learned it, its actually really worth learning, i can still tolerate a normal graphical text editor, but its easier to use vim a lot of the time, more so if you are already doind something in the terminal or if its remote work. And im someone who has only half learned it, if i sat down and took time to get comfortable with macros and more commands, i dont think id be willing to use a primative editor again.