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A bit off topic, but I find it amusing that the two top posts on the HN front page right now are "Open Vim" and "How to Exit Vim".
by MattConfluence 7y ago
A bit off topic, but I find it amusing that the two top posts on the HN front page right now are "Open Vim" and "How to Exit Vim".
- mannykannot 7y agoAnd this tutorial follows the convention of not mentioning how to quit vim in one of its early lessons.
- deanstag 7y agoDrug dealers never tell their clients how to wean off their vices. Is that a crime? :P
- t0mislav 7y agoToday should be the Vim day!
- dundercoder 7y agoEvery day should be Vim day ;)
- simonebrunozzi 7y agoWe just need the "how to install vim" as 3rd on the podium and we're done :) side note: of course it's installed by default in pretty much every Linux distro, but alas...
- dundercoder 7y agoNot as much as it used to be. I’ve been in a few distros lately (container distros mostly) that only had nano. I got all “get off my lawn” about it too.
- slowhand09 7y agoFirst Rule of Vim Club: Don't talk about Vim Club.
- dang 7y agoThat one is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21988968. This one was probably posted in response to it. That happens a lot. We tend to downweight such follow-up or copycat posts since they make the front page more samey. It's better to post links to related articles in the original thread. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20follow-up&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20copycat&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...