Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 15:30:16 +0100 From: Adam Nealis <adamn@csl.com> To: Gunnar Flygt <gunnar@pluto.sr.se> Cc: Langa Kentane <evablunted@earthling.net>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: NVI Recover Prog Messages Message-ID: <37E0FEF8.3A7BACA0@csl.com> References: <000101beffa5$a4d12810$1ba8ef9b@impakt> <Pine.SC5.4.10.9909161705190.20531-100000@kiwi.logisticsoftware.co.nz> <19990916151931.B11805@sr.se>
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<shudder> Can't stand nvi! Multiple undoes and automagic detection of DOS files is a _pain_ 8( Gunnar Flygt wrote: > > On Thu, Sep 16, 1999 at 05:09:55PM +1200, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Wed, 15 Sep 1999, Langa Kentane wrote: > > > > > I installed my FreeBSD 3.2-R yesterday and have since got about 25 of these > > > messages about some files being saved for recovery. I tried to changed my > > > shell yesterday but had problems with VI and am still preparing to learn how > > > to edit in vi. I could not exit vi so I stopped the process and went and > > > killed it about 5 min later. > > > > When you kill vi, it will save a session that you can recover (some > > of the time). The editor will email you about it. > > > > And the way to quit vi is to hit: > > > > <ESC> : q > > > > Jonathan Chen > > And to give a little more info. If you wrote something in the file and > does not want to save it before quit, you hir > <ESC> : q! quit without save or Yep. > <ESC> : wq quit saving the stuff Nah - <ESC>ZZ ( one less character, and easier to type than <ESC> : wq ) Adam. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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