On Nov 15, 2007 11:03 PM, Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He wasn't speaking in emacs. If he had been it would have > been written > M-:q! >
Actually that would be Ctrl-x Ctrl-c to exit emacs. There is no equivalent to force quit in common use. Emacs will auto-save buffers you are working on, handy for recovery, not so handy for leaving evidence around. #from this you can deduce that vi is a tool of the criminal classes ;-) > > :-P > -- > Allen Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://brown.armoredpenguin.com/~abrown/ > Never let the enemy pick the battle site. --- General George Patton > > > horst wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:30:12 -0800 > >> From: larry price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] how do I get out of this? > >> > >> type > >> > >> [esc] > >> : > >> q > >> ! > >> > >> that's one character to a line. > > > > Larry - I think emacs people shouldn't do vi posts past 1 in the morning > > :-) > > > > On a single line: > > ! > > doesn't mean anything (as far as I know, or you have redefined the > > !-key, or...) > > > > :<cmd>! > > means ignore warning and do it anyway! > > (like :w! :x! as in write! --although file was opened as read-only) > > ( '<cmd>' meaning 'w' or 'x' ) > > > > :!<cmd> > > means execute shell <cmd> > > > > > > Wes, BTW, my vi/vim's do provide you with a hint: > > " No write since last change (add ! to override) " > > > > - Horst > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
