For my part, after several attempts with vim over the last 20 years, I can say with a clear conscience that vim is not for me. But if you like another editor like nano or micro more, use it.

You should see a message at the bottom of Vim indicating that your changes have been written. You can think of this as writing your changes to disk. Next, type :w and press enter to save your file. Which is not to say that you shouldn't use vim. Press the ESC key to leave the insert mode and return to normal mode. Just use the programs that suit you and not those that suit others. In short, one should not always listen to others. But do you need it? In addition, nano, for example, also offers many more functions than those displayed at the bottom of the screen (for example, or ). I suspect that many of the users of /r/linux4noobs even work only with their own machines and this reason is therefore unimportant. If you just want to close a terminal that youre logged into you can enter the command exit, or press Ctrl-D if you havent typed anything else on that line. But not every user works on computers where he has no influence on the installed software. And vim offers more features than, for example, nano and therefore you can work more productively. public IP addresses or hostnames, account numbers, email addresses) before posting!ĭoes this sidebar need an addition or correction? Tell me hereīasically everyone tells me that vim is better then nano for some reasonīasically, the same two reasons are always given. Note: ensure to redact or obfuscate all confidential or identifying information (eg. If you fix the problem yourself, please post your solution, so that others can also learn. If the hidden option is set and this is the last window referencing this file, Vim closes the window and the. If you're posting for help, please include the following details, so that we can help you more efficiently: Wc (or :close ) closes the current window. Any distro, any platform! Explicitly noob-friendly.

Quit vim