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Cute, but no. When you enter insert mode, the "welcome screen" disappears. So if you can see the instruction telling you to type ':quit', then typing :quit will

Cute, but no. When you enter insert mode, the "welcome screen" disappears. So if you can see the instruction telling you to type ':quit', then typing :quit will work.

dsp1234 9y ago
FTA, https://zgab33vy595fw5zq-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/exitvim-1024x455.png https://zgab33vy595fw5zq-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/... It happens because people don't what they are doing. You assume that they hit ctrl+c, then immediately type :quit, but if they did, then they wouldn't be Googling it. They did something between trying to exit and quit that got them into a different mode.
- FreeFull 9y ago
  Perhaps they miss the : Without it, you end up recording a macro and going into insert mode.
- eridius 9y ago
  I'm not assuming they're hitting Ctrl+C. What I'm saying is the screen that says VIM - Vi IMproved version 8.0.567 by Bram Moolenaar et al. Vim is open source and freely distributable Sponsor Vim development! type :help sponsor<Enter> for information type :q<Enter> to exit type :help<Enter> or <F1> for on-line help type :help macvim<Enter> for MacVim help disappears as soon as you enter insert mode (or really interact with Vim at all). If you're in insert mode, you don't see this. So if you see this, typing :quit will work.
  - dsp1234 9y ago
    Of course, yes. The above commenter mentioned insert mode and ctrl+c which is why I was missing that you particularly were talking about this one screen.
StavrosK 9y ago
Even if you're in insert mode, ctrl-c takes you to normal mode, then a second press will show you the hint.

Cute, but no. When you enter insert mode, the "welcome screen" disappears. So if you can see the instruction telling you to type ':quit', then typing :quit will work.

dsp1234 9y ago

FTA, https://zgab33vy595fw5zq-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/exitvim-1024x455.png https://zgab33vy595fw5zq-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/... It happens because people don't what they are doing. You assume that they hit ctrl+c, then immediately type :quit, but if they did, then they wouldn't be Googling it. They did something between trying to exit and quit that got them into a different mode.

FreeFull 9y ago
Perhaps they miss the : Without it, you end up recording a macro and going into insert mode.
eridius 9y ago
I'm not assuming they're hitting Ctrl+C. What I'm saying is the screen that says VIM - Vi IMproved version 8.0.567 by Bram Moolenaar et al. Vim is open source and freely distributable Sponsor Vim development! type :help sponsor<Enter> for information type :q<Enter> to exit type :help<Enter> or <F1> for on-line help type :help macvim<Enter> for MacVim help disappears as soon as you enter insert mode (or really interact with Vim at all). If you're in insert mode, you don't see this. So if you see this, typing :quit will work.
- dsp1234 9y ago
  Of course, yes. The above commenter mentioned insert mode and ctrl+c which is why I was missing that you particularly were talking about this one screen.

StavrosK 9y ago

Even if you're in insert mode, ctrl-c takes you to normal mode, then a second press will show you the hint.