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I have computer-literate parents and grew up in the PC era, so as a child I typed my elementary school assignments in vi. Accidentally using :X, encrypting one

by wayne 4y ago

I have computer-literate parents and grew up in the PC era, so as a child I typed my elementary school assignments in vi. Accidentally using :X, encrypting one of my school papers, and having to completely rewrite it, was one of the slightly-traumatizing moments in my childhood. FWIW, I switched to :wq for a while but I'm back to using :x instead of :wq. I'm just very careful now. :)

chasd00 4y ago
I did this same thing on a large programming assignment in college. I’m 46 and can still remember the way the lab smelled and what the people sitting next to me were wearing the moment it happened.
- mattkrause 4y ago
  If your TA was named Matt and a bit skeptical/sarcastic about this, I am once again very sorry! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34290590 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34290590
lucb1e 4y ago
I get annoyed by ":W is not a valid command" errors and aliased it, and that's not even dangerous to get wrong, just have to retype ":w". Why be so careful instead of just aliasing it? vimrc excerpt: command Wq wq command WQ wq command W w command Q q command Bd bd cnoreabbrev q1 q! I hate having to get the shift key timing correct so much that I also aliased : to ; for commands, but that's more radical and gets me into trouble on remote systems that are not my own, not sure if I recommend it. I'd recommend vim to change the default for everyone, though (fat chance, I know). Another annoying thing in vim is whatever the heck Q does. Try to type :q, fail, retry, and now suddenly you have an extra window to close or something. Solution: nnoremap Q <nop>
- hcs 4y ago
  I used to use the W alias whenever I noticed myself doing it on a new setup, but I haven't had to do it recently. I suspect my "slow on the shift" issue was due in part to the lousy keyboards I used to use.

by wayne 4y ago

chasd00 4y ago

I did this same thing on a large programming assignment in college. I’m 46 and can still remember the way the lab smelled and what the people sitting next to me were wearing the moment it happened.

mattkrause 4y ago
If your TA was named Matt and a bit skeptical/sarcastic about this, I am once again very sorry! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34290590 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34290590

lucb1e 4y ago

I get annoyed by ":W is not a valid command" errors and aliased it, and that's not even dangerous to get wrong, just have to retype ":w". Why be so careful instead of just aliasing it? vimrc excerpt: command Wq wq command WQ wq command W w command Q q command Bd bd cnoreabbrev q1 q! I hate having to get the shift key timing correct so much that I also aliased : to ; for commands, but that's more radical and gets me into trouble on remote systems that are not my own, not sure if I recommend it. I'd recommend vim to change the default for everyone, though (fat chance, I know). Another annoying thing in vim is whatever the heck Q does. Try to type :q, fail, retry, and now suddenly you have an extra window to close or something. Solution: nnoremap Q <nop>

hcs 4y ago
I used to use the W alias whenever I noticed myself doing it on a new setup, but I haven't had to do it recently. I suspect my "slow on the shift" issue was due in part to the lousy keyboards I used to use.