Thanks very much for all the help. I'm going to play around with this tomorrow when I get back on the computer all that is on.
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 8:46:07 AM UTC-7, Peter J Weisberg wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Daniel P. Wright wrote: > > The default editor for git is vim, which is a sensible choice as its > > available on nearly every platform, but if you've never encountered it > > before it can seem a little... unusual. > > I'm not sure a text-editor is "sensible" if a newbie *can't figure out > what it is*. The only reason to make it the default IMO is that it > *is*available on every system (except Windows). On Windows, I think a > sensible > default would be Wordpad. Of course, no one asked me my opinion. :-) > > P.S.: Here's the minimum you need to know about vim: > > It starts in "command mode" > To enter text, you need to be in "insert mode" > Switch from command mode to insert mode by pressing "i" > Switch from insert mode to command mode by pressing "ESC" > In command mode: > save by typing ":w" > quit by typing ":q" > save and quit by typing ":wq" > quit without saving by typing ":q!" > > -PJ > > Gehm's Corollary to Clark's Law: Any technology distinguishable from > magic is insufficiently advanced. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/git-users/-/A2PMxmLnIJoJ. To post to this group, send email to git-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/git-users?hl=en.
