I had the same issue doing a cvs commit where I got stuck in vi. I didn’t know what it was and what to do. I had to quit the terminal. It was not a good hi e

I had the same issue doing a cvs commit where I got stuck in vi. I didn’t know what it was and what to do. I had to quit the terminal. It was not a good hi experience. I think vim and emacs come with basic instructions on the splash screen now to help newbies.