I see at least two problems here:
Don't pull on the cable, pull on the plug.
Use EU power sockets, it is safer, more like :q! when existing vim and unsaved changed you made to the file are lost for sure.
Ah yes, I'll just replace all my power sockets, get rid of all my electronics, and only buy imported European electronics from now on.
It's so obvious, why didn't I think of it before.
Oh yeah, and rewire my whole house to 240 V. Easy peasy.
To be fair, switching to 240v is pretty easy, just move the neutral to a hot leg in the fuse box.
Wouldn't that hot leg need to be 180 degrees out of phase with the other?
Yes but I was’t trying to write a book this morning.
use UK power sockets it's ever more safe
That's how you brexit vim tho. Takes years to complete, no coming back and bricks everything else in the process.
Triple comment, my dude
dammit it was refusing to send the message so I kept retrying it's never done that to me before
It has done it to me before lol
Instructions unclear, electrocuted while replacing outlets.
See, that's why I just flip the circuit breakers to ensure a successful exit
Exiting Vim is for beginners.
Veterans stay in Vim till the end of time. Probably for the same reasons why the meme in post was made.
Start a second shell and kill the process 😋
Rookie. I have a shell script on my phone that SSHs into my computer and reboots.
Termux gang?
Termux gang!
You (might be) joking but I did this for my home server and I absolutely love how powerful I feel controlling my entire network from a terminal app on my phone.
My old man energy is showing because I'm so used to looking for a laptop/PC to do this.
I see they reused the instructions for ed, great to see how intuitive Linux is between different programs
Well ed is the standard text editor after all
My point exactly, I am just happy Vim follows the standard (:
Glad ubuntu defaults to nano. One of the few decent choices that distro ever made
The laughing comes when you are so used to vim that you begin using :q in other programs and wonder why doesn't it exit.
For the more advanced, there's a button(the more sophisticated may call it a „switch”) for that(on the wall(the fuse))
I really don't get the exit vim meme anymore.
It's just two key presses, trivial. When you hit <C-c> it tells you exactly what to do. Anyone stuck in vom either does not read or has no idea how to use a terminal.
Edit: I'm German, I meant vim.
Yeah vom is easy. Have you tried exiting vim tho?
Whenever I have to edit a text file when nauseous, I just vom it.
I mean how hard could it be, you just press some random letters until it exits
Vim is unintuitive. If you are a new linux CLI user and follow some tutorials that tells you to run vim, modify something then save and exit, it can be daunting.
^^ The kind of person who doesn't remember what it's like being new at the CLI.
or…
Linux is so easy, n00b. You're just stupid.
:x simple as. Vim was the first terminal text editor I used so I'm biased.
Doesn't work on laptops.
then disassemble the laptop and remove the battery connection
Maybe that's why Linux users enjoy old ThinkPads so much, you can just pull out the battery without opening the laptop.
I simply avoid this issue by not starting vim in the first place.
Don't pull plugs out of the wall by the cord. Grab the base of the plug firmly and pull perpendicular to the wall
So you're saying I shouldn't pull the socket out of the wall to unplug?
Just click the X on your terminal window.
I use arc, btw.
Better turn off all the breakers in your house. Just to make sure you've really closed it
Why would you exit vim tho? Are you being forced under duress or something?
it's just too many keys to press at once i cant do it
First boisterous laugh of the day. Thank you!
See how the socket looks like a V?
That's how you remember it's meant to be used to exit vi.
Hint: :q!
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