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IMHO, it's a horrible hack that is just broken. It's obscure and we need to rewrite it because it has a bad structure. ^X^Cquit^[ESC][ESC]^C

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm absolutely guilty of self-documenting code, but mostly because I'm sick of everyone else's lying comments.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, now. It is possible to write readable Perl code—it's just less interesting that way. 😜

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best way I know to quit vi is by turning off your computer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Why would you quit vim?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ESC + :q!

ESC to enter normal mode (if you're in a different mode like insert) : (colon) to enter commands q to quit ! (or a) to use the quit command withiut keeping any changes

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

He's speaking the language of the gods..