On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:38:21 +0000, Orchid XP v7 wrote:

> nemesis wrote:
>> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>> I always had to use vim
>>> to edit the X11 config, wait the the filesystem to sync, and then
>>> reboot the PC to exit vim... :-S
>> 
>> God. How about ":q", ":wq" or even the ever popular "ZZ"?
> 
> Yeah, a few people suggested that. Tended to end up just typing ":q" in
> the file though...
> 
>> How about learning a tool before using it?
> 
> Well, let's see. I've never seen Unix in my life, and I'm trying to get
> it to work. I have no idea what I'm doing, nobody to help me, and no
> manual. So at this point, I'm stumbling along as best as I can. [Given
> that I've spent 4 entire *days* on it by now.] I was curios, but even my
> curiosity has limits. ;-)
> 
> Fortunately, things have improved since those days. [Although I have
> still yet to figure out vim or emacs.]

emacs is a waste IMHO (prepare for the flamewar), vim (or vi) is more 
than sufficient.

But in vi, you can type :h to get help, or "man vi".

You did manage to work out :q (which presumably would prompt you that you 
hadn't saved the changed file) - rebooting seems a bit extreme as a 
workaround.

Then of course, there were tons of books on SVRX (and earlier). ;-)

Jim

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