Waffelson@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 months agoHow did you get out of Vim before you knew its hotkeys and commands?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1380arrow-down122
arrow-up1358arrow-down1imageHow did you get out of Vim before you knew its hotkeys and commands?lemmy.worldWaffelson@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·6 months agoI guess it was in the 80s, open a new xterm, ps -edaf | grep vi, kill the process, then man vi to read how to exit properly. This is how I learnt unix, do a ls in /bin /usr/bin /etc, man every command
minus-squaremad_asshatter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-26 months agoIf it was the 80s, didn’t you have to feed punch cards through the mainframe first? /s
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoAlready had huge X Terminal on HP mainframe, using X11R3 and mwm etc. xeyes, xload, xbiff, xterm, it was the time!
I guess it was in the 80s, open a new xterm, ps -edaf | grep vi, kill the process, then man vi to read how to exit properly.
This is how I learnt unix, do a ls in /bin /usr/bin /etc, man every command
If it was the 80s, didn’t you have to feed punch cards through the mainframe first? /s
Already had huge X Terminal on HP mainframe, using X11R3 and mwm etc. xeyes, xload, xbiff, xterm, it was the time!
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