[Eug-lug] how do I get out of this?

[larry price]

actually horst
the ! terminating the command instructs vi to quit immediately without
writing the file out.

//use vi, but only when trapped.

On Nov 15, 2007 9:53 AM, horst <horsu at freeshell.org> wrote:
> > Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:30:12 -0800
> > From: larry price <laprice at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] how do I get out of this?
> >
> > type
> >
> > [esc]
> > :
> > q
> > !
> >
> > that's one character to a line.
>
> Larry - I think emacs people shouldn't do vi posts past 1 in the morning :-)
>
> On a single line:
>   !
> doesn't mean anything (as far as I know, or you have redefined the !-key,
> or...)
>
> :<cmd>!
> means ignore warning and do it anyway!
>   (like  :w! :x!  as in write!  --although file was opened as read-only)
>   ( '<cmd>' meaning 'w' or 'x' )
>
> :!<cmd>
> means execute shell <cmd>
>
>
> Wes, BTW, my vi/vim's do provide you with a hint:
>   " No write since last change (add ! to override) "
>
>   - Horst
>
>
>
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