What we say vs what we mean

OriginalGriff

I could never remember if it was :x or :q that did "save and exit" and inevitably got it wrong. :swearlots at that point.

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

hairy_hats

Can't you just open debug mode and run the compiler, debugger and coffee machine within EMACS?

Argonia

Its always :q! :laugh:

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Lost User

Maybe, but you could definitely run a very big telescope! When I was working for the RGO one of the developers wrote a control system using Emacs as the front end.

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OriginalGriff

The fun was typing ':' followed by your name and guessing what it would do... :laugh:

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

Dan Neely

Oh that's easy. See the red X in the top right corner of your SSH window? You just click that to exit VI. :laugh:

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

OriginalGriff

"Window"? "Window"? I used VI in the pre-DOS days! We didn't have so many cycles to spare we could afford graphics! Heck, we could barely run the damn compiler. I died in two world wars for the likes of you, bringbackNationalInsurance,that'swhatIsay!CoupleofyearsinaBuildingSociety,doyouaworldofgood!

Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952) Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)

Dan Neely

In that case, find the button on the case with overlapping "1" and "0" characters. Then either press (if a momentary switch) or flip (if a toggle) it.

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

PIEBALDconsult

Ummm... but the computer is a mainframe in another building behind physical security and I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to flip that switch.

You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.

Dan Neely

There're physical power lines between the grid and the building. Borrow a backhoe to disconnect them. You can do the same for the connection to the sites emergency generator. This will trigger a reboot as soon as the mainframe's UPS dies. If the site has a generator this will probably only take a few minutes since the generator would be the primary backup. Sheesh! Why are you making this so difficult? :-\

Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt

Mike Winiberg

Oh Yes! Nice mix of editor commands in there TECO$for$the$win$ex$$

greldak

switch to using the terminal next to it - your session will time out in half an hour. When that happens vi will be closed. Or you could call the operators and tell them your session has been disconnected - can they kill it

jRaskell1

Have you tried? You'll never know for sure unless you try.

Brad Stiles

Nagy Vilmos wrote:

EMACS is better than vi!

I can't take credit for this one: What is The Number of the Beast? vi vi vi

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stgagnon

I bet that is very amusing. Blocked by corporate web filter. :(

Fabio Franco

I could never quit VI, sou I bought another computer and never fired it up again.

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RafagaX

I hope this never gets to my boss, otherwise, he will be able to fully understand what i'm telling him... ;P

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