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> physics major friends in college thinking it was pure snobbery for vi I don't think it is snobbery, that approach would clutter the entire screen. Basically

> physics major friends in college thinking it was pure snobbery for vi I don't think it is snobbery, that approach would clutter the entire screen. Basically every single small/capital letter and symbol has a function in vim.

jasperry 1y ago
To its credit, vim does show a help text with :q on it if you start it with no file. Back then, it was just vi opening to a blank screen.
- qsort 1y ago
  set shortmess+=I