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

[Allen Brown]

He wasn't speaking in emacs.  If he had been it would have
been written
   M-:q!


:-P
-- 
Allen Brown  abrown at peak.org  http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/
   Never let the enemy pick the battle site. --- General George Patton

horst 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