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Re: st: Copying Stata code with line numbers
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Re: st: Copying Stata code with line numbers
Date
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 10:53:03 +0000
The one bit of essential vi or vim knowledge:
To exit (without saving): <esc>:q!<ret>
I used to think that that was just a smartass remark, but about once
every year or so I find myself in vi by accident[1], and remembering
this little wisecrack saves me a lot of frustration. The vi interface is
extremely efficient but not at all intuitive!
Brendan
[1] Mostly due to the completely unreasonable practice of visudo using
vi to edit the sudoers file. Note that if you've managed to enter useful
text, a constructive way to exit is <esc>:wq!<ret>.
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