What we really mean
What we really mean
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IMHO, it's a horrible hack that is just broken. It's obscure and we need to rewrite it because it has a bad structure. XCquit[ESC][ESC]C
The best way I know to quit vi is by turning off your computer
48 0 ReplyWhy would you quit vim?
33 0 ReplyTo open nano of course
13 0 ReplyBecause you meant to open ed: the standard text editor.
10 0 ReplyI wanted to open neovim of course. And my alias did not work
3 0 ReplyBecause you've finished configuring the evil package, obviously.
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you can also accomplish that by turning off city's electrical grid
12 0 ReplyTakes too long for the UPS to run down...
7 0 Replyi see you're operating at datacenter scale
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This is the way.
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I'm one of those people who think that Perl is a write-only language
-Linus torvalds38 0 Reply"I can read this Perl scrip"t should translate to "I'm lying".
35 0 ReplyESC +
:q!
ESC to enter normal mode (if you're in a different mode like insert) : (colon) to enter commands q to quit ! (or a) to use the quit command withiut keeping any changes
29 0 ReplyHe's speaking the language of the gods..
21 0 ReplyESC + (shift) ZZ is faster and also saves your changes!
4 0 Replygood to know :3
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The first phrase spoken when opening a new project, be it yours or someone elses... "What the fuck..."
21 0 ReplyWhat fucking idiot wrote this? Looking at your own code from 6 months ago
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I can't read this perl script may also apply to something you wrote last week.
19 0 ReplyI'm absolutely guilty of self-documenting code, but mostly because I'm sick of everyone else's lying comments.
15 0 Reply"The reason I use Perl is because I wanna write scripts that no one can read and no one can understand so that I can keep my job"
13 0 ReplyIMHO it's a complex, temporary work around with a few issues.
Also vim > emacs
11 0 Replyi use nano and i will die on this hill
8 0 ReplyNano is the only one I know how to use lol (assuming we're talking about in-terminal text editors)
And i have used it exclusively for editing Minecraft and KSP server config files
Im definitely a programmer :P
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Hey, now. It is possible to write readable Perl code—it's just less interesting that way. 😜
9 0 ReplySelf documenting: my code doesn't NEED comments
8 0 ReplyLGTM
7 0 ReplySometimes I like to pack the most functionality into a single, hard to read one-liner, just for fun. In review I’ll admit “it’s a little bit abstruse”.
5 0 ReplyThe Perl one has got me:)
5 0 ReplyOf course, the correct way to quit Vi is
^Zpkill vi
.3 0 ReplyLol I've done this before!
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Emacs babyyyy
2 0 ReplyGood reference with lots of truth. Maybe, I should print it before having a meeting with other tech teams.
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