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You need to be sure that you are in the Command mode. To do that, simply press the Esc key. Go to the ex mode by pressing the : key.
To escape from Vim. ctrl+c to interrupt current task and return to the command mode; :q![ENTER] to quit, bypassing save prompt.
Don't forget to exit edit mode by pressing escape. For the truly new, it's possible to get stuck in edit mode. – Jeff Richards. Nov 15, 2017 at ...
Found the answer here : How to exit the Vim editor? You can do :cq to exit with a non-zero exit code.
I'm aware that if I press esc followed by typing :q! , I can exit the vim editor, due to this question. However, the standard convention is for ...
Use Ctrl + W followed by a cursor key to make sure your cursor is in the help window. Then try :q again.
I'm trying to edit a my.cnf file on a Linux server and edited using vim. After doing my edits, I am unable to escape. I have tried exiting using ...
1 Answer. If you want save changes :wq! , but if something wrong and you want quit anyway (ignore changes) - :q! then exit vim and replace old ...
With an addition, that if vim is in insert mode, press C-c C-c to send Ctrl-C to vim to exit insert mode. ... Just turn off Evil mode so that the ...