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They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

by eloy 11y ago

fisherjeff 11y ago
Thank you both for inciting a fascinating combination of uncontrollable laughter and existential dread
scarmig 11y ago
quit ? exit ? end ? done ? bye ? quit! ? ^X ? ^C ? ^C ? help ? ? ? ^Z $ killall ed $ vi
- Eupolemos 11y ago
  :q! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiM5zEEI_Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiM5zEEI_Jo
- api 11y ago
  You mean that isn't how to exit 'ed'?
  - mcguire 11y ago
    Technically, the official method of exiting ed, if you're running as root, is: $ed a_file ... (normal usage) r /etc/motd w /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-16-generic (replace with specific kernel) !reboot The alternative of "w /dev/sda1" is also acceptable.
    - mcguire 11y ago
      Note to those objecting to '$': I have PS1 set to '$' on every account. It just saves confusion.
      - iso8859-1 11y ago
        Don't you think it is prettier with the space?
        mcguire 11y ago
        Nah, just adds clutter. [Fixed in the great-grandparent.]
- ChrisArgyle 11y ago
  ^D^D should do it
- xnxn 11y ago
  eat flaming death ? http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.txt http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.txt
eru 11y ago
Ctrl-z works universally, doesn't it?
- ciupicri 11y ago
  Not really. Some programs disable it including vim (at least on some setups).
  - api_or_ipa 11y ago
    Every vim I've ever played on has respected `ctrl-z`. In fact, I use `ctrl-z` to jump out of my vim (to restart a server, ls the local dir, etc).
    - ciupicri 11y ago
      My vimrc has source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim behave mswin which maps Ctrl-z to undo.
      - skinnyfoetusboy 11y ago
        You monster.
    - tomcam 11y ago
      Well I'll be damned. Never thought of trying it. Thank you.
- emergie 11y ago
  it doesn't, ctrl-z only suspends process and switches to backgroud - the thing is still alive try ctrl-z and then type bg command - you will see a list, you can resume with fg [number]
  - Anderkent 11y ago
    Well, it might still run but it lets you out of the editor, which is the goal here. You can just kill -9 it afterwards.
Roodgorf 11y ago
I was much too easily convinced that this could be a real book.
- Natanael_L 11y ago
  We can make it one! Who'll launch the kickstarter?
  - Roodgorf 11y ago
    Top contributor decides which editor we write it in.
    - dllthomas 11y ago
      Can it be proprietary? ... can it cost more than my contribution?
- Keyframe 11y ago
  Accompanied by coffe table book 'Greatest screenshots of ruby in Sublime with dark themes'
DonHopkins 11y ago
Not to be confused with the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to nest them".
- techdragon 11y ago
  Which is a book inside a smaller book which is inside a smaller book ...
  - gknoy 11y ago
    ... published as a Jupyter notebook of a LaTeX document of a markdown file containing Perl POD comments. ;)

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

by eloy 11y ago

They should read the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to exit them"

fisherjeff 11y ago

Thank you both for inciting a fascinating combination of uncontrollable laughter and existential dread

scarmig 11y ago

quit ? exit ? end ? done ? bye ? quit! ? ^X ? ^C ? ^C ? help ? ? ? ^Z $ killall ed $ vi

Eupolemos 11y ago
:q! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiM5zEEI_Jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiM5zEEI_Jo
api 11y ago
You mean that isn't how to exit 'ed'?
- mcguire 11y ago
  Technically, the official method of exiting ed, if you're running as root, is: $ed a_file ... (normal usage) r /etc/motd w /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-16-generic (replace with specific kernel) !reboot The alternative of "w /dev/sda1" is also acceptable.
  - mcguire 11y ago
    Note to those objecting to '$': I have PS1 set to '$' on every account. It just saves confusion.
    - iso8859-1 11y ago
      Don't you think it is prettier with the space?
      - mcguire 11y ago
        Nah, just adds clutter. [Fixed in the great-grandparent.]
ChrisArgyle 11y ago
^D^D should do it
xnxn 11y ago
eat flaming death ? http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.txt http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.txt

eru 11y ago

Ctrl-z works universally, doesn't it?

ciupicri 11y ago
Not really. Some programs disable it including vim (at least on some setups).
- api_or_ipa 11y ago
  Every vim I've ever played on has respected `ctrl-z`. In fact, I use `ctrl-z` to jump out of my vim (to restart a server, ls the local dir, etc).
  - ciupicri 11y ago
    My vimrc has source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim behave mswin which maps Ctrl-z to undo.
    - skinnyfoetusboy 11y ago
      You monster.
  - tomcam 11y ago
    Well I'll be damned. Never thought of trying it. Thank you.
emergie 11y ago
it doesn't, ctrl-z only suspends process and switches to backgroud - the thing is still alive try ctrl-z and then type bg command - you will see a list, you can resume with fg [number]
- Anderkent 11y ago
  Well, it might still run but it lets you out of the editor, which is the goal here. You can just kill -9 it afterwards.

Roodgorf 11y ago

I was much too easily convinced that this could be a real book.

Natanael_L 11y ago
We can make it one! Who'll launch the kickstarter?
- Roodgorf 11y ago
  Top contributor decides which editor we write it in.
  - dllthomas 11y ago
    Can it be proprietary? ... can it cost more than my contribution?
Keyframe 11y ago
Accompanied by coffe table book 'Greatest screenshots of ruby in Sublime with dark themes'

DonHopkins 11y ago

Not to be confused with the book "Popular Unix text editors and how to nest them".

techdragon 11y ago
Which is a book inside a smaller book which is inside a smaller book ...
- gknoy 11y ago
  ... published as a Jupyter notebook of a LaTeX document of a markdown file containing Perl POD comments. ;)