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   Message 136,796 of 138,051   
   Carlos E.R. to Andreas Kohlbach   
   Re: Linux Command-Line Editors Vulnerabl   
   18 Jun 19 03:22:32   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 17/06/2019 23.30, Andreas Kohlbach wrote:   
   > On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 12:41:08 -0000 (UTC), Jasen Betts wrote:   
   >>   
   >> On 2019-06-17, Freenet  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (I have never understood why anyone would want to waste their time   
   >>>> learning how to use that Vim crap.  Just a foolish venture into   
   >>>> egotistical intellectual chauvinism.)   
   >>>   
   >>>   What I hate about it is when I accidentally start it.  I then   
   >>> usually have to go and dig around the web to find out how to close   
   >>> it.   
   >>   
   >> indeed that is the one essential vi skill  : q !    
   >   
   > And that information is missing in the "splash screen" (displayed when   
   > you open vi without a file name). This Red Button should IMO be mentioned.   
      
   And kill the opportunity of telling a good story about the time you had   
   to hit the power switch because of not knowing how to exit vi, and hear   
   the me toos from the back row?  :-D   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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