this has to be the most hilarious popup i've had ever #Obsidian

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Like 1 11 Jul 2023 at 14:41 | Open on gamedev.lgbt

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Gaston Courtade

@bram Is the command ":send help!" ?

12 Jul 2023 at 5:09 | Open on mstdn.social

Wilmar Igl

@bram :q!

12 Jul 2023 at 5:27 | Open on climatejustice.social

Karl Urban

@bram they just want to troll Emacs users.

12 Jul 2023 at 5:57 | Open on reporter.social

Squozen 🇪🇺

@bram @jjcelery Accurate.

12 Jul 2023 at 7:49 | Open on mastodon.ie

Pierre-Adrien

@bram hilarious and very smart!

12 Jul 2023 at 8:24 | Open on ruby.social

Bernard Blek

@bram vim is the reason why most of the people give up on linux after 2 minutes 😀

12 Jul 2023 at 9:22 | Open on cztwitter.cz

Stefan Scholl

@bram Strange, that a vi mode is called vim mode.

12 Jul 2023 at 9:53 | Open on mastodon.social

Alex Schroeder

@bram @lostpaolo This is hilarious! Also reminds me of the “standard editor” joke that comes in the Emacs distribution, reposted here: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TheTruePath

The part that always makes me laugh:

«Let’s look at a typical novice’s session with the mighty ed:

golem> ed

?
help
?
?
?
quit
?
exit
?
bye
?
hello?
?
eat flaming death
?
^C
?
^C
?
^D
?

Note the consistent user interface and error reportage. Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity.»

@bram @lostpaolo This is hilarious! Also reminds me of the “standard editor” joke that comes in the Emacs distribution, reposted here: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TheTruePath

The part that always makes me laugh:

«Let’s look at a typical novice’s session with the mighty ed:

golem> ed

?
help
?
?
?
quit
?
exit
?
bye
?
hello?
?
eat flaming death
?
^C
?
^C
?
^D
?

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12 Jul 2023 at 10:32 | Open on tabletop.social

Stuart Houghton

@bram I love the Obsidian devs for this

12 Jul 2023 at 10:55 | Open on mastodon.social

Fish Id Wardrobe

@bram I can confirm that the variations of the right command all seem to be accepted. And that Vim mode is not half bad. Dot does not work, but that would be a bit of a stretch. You can enter EX commands!

12 Jul 2023 at 11:21 | Open on mastodon.me.uk

Stephen Drennan

@bram
There should be a pop-up with a 3hr essay paper to complete for anyone using the ‘Reply All’ button on email.

12 Jul 2023 at 12:26 | Open on mas.to

Cliftographer

@bram :q

12 Jul 2023 at 18:34 | Open on mindly.social

Deer Witch, Cypress of Baths

@bram @glitch25 LOVE this. Reminded me of a diff knowledge security:

I used to work with a programming console had a one motion enable/disable screens & buttons shortcut that was the same on every install of that device.

There were optional username/password features, but the shortcut was generally accepted as secure enough because anyone who’d activate it would have at least a basic knowledge of what they were getting into.

Security: terrible in theory, effective enough in practice.

12 Jul 2023 at 18:39 | Open on wandering.shop

Mark Burge

@moss heh, I know exactly what console and key combo you’re talking about.

12 Jul 2023 at 19:12 | Open on mastodon.social

Deer Witch, Cypress of Baths

@Makr I think you’re thinking of the 3 letter company, cause that’s at least a combo! 2 letter is a single press which feels even more absurd, but yes, exactly

12 Jul 2023 at 19:23 | Open on wandering.shop

Deer Witch, Cypress of Baths

@Makr security protocol: IYKYK

12 Jul 2023 at 19:27 | Open on wandering.shop

Mark Burge

@moss single press? What’s next, a half press?

(Don’t mind me, I’m just just bringing in obscure speed running modes into a conversation about nothing remotely related)

12 Jul 2023 at 19:37 | Open on mastodon.social

Cal Alaera

@Makr @moss Did you know you can speed up your exit of vim by a frame if you buffer the Z-press while you press and release Alt? /joke

13 Jul 2023 at 4:26 | Open on kind.social

Paul Zawada

@bram They should have asked you to prove you *really* know VIM by asking you to perform a global search and replace operation.

12 Jul 2023 at 19:34 | Open on techhub.social

AwesumIndustrys

@bram the answer of course is to yank the power cord of your computer.

12 Jul 2023 at 23:05 | Open on wetdry.world

DistroHopper39B :verified:

@bram do ps -aux, find the ID of vim, and then do kill -9 <that id>

12 Jul 2023 at 23:58 | Open on bitbang.social

David Nash

@bram I thought everyone knew the answer to this one: rm -f /usr/bin/vim

13 Jul 2023 at 0:43 | Open on mastodon.online

Lars Wirzenius

@bram In case anyone reading this gets stuck in vi (or vim or any of the other clones), I have a helpful guide for getting out:

https://liw.fi/vi/

13 Jul 2023 at 3:44 | Open on toot.liw.fi

Princess Serena Star ✨

@bram@gamedev.lgbt This is so necessary for my nano-using ass

13 Jul 2023 at 5:27 | Open on blahaj.zone

Angus Marshall

@bram But does "killall -9 vim" work?

13 Jul 2023 at 5:42 | Open on thx.gg

snowyfox

Image description

Modal dialog. "Confirm entering Vim mode
(red text) Vim mode is for efficient text editing but can be quite counter-intuitive. If you're not familiar with Vim, this option might make it look like Obsidian has stopped working.
(regular text) To verify that you know your way around Vim, please enter the command to quit Vim without saving below:
Your answer: Enter command..
Buttons, Let me enable Vim, Cancel"

13 Jul 2023 at 8:35 | Open on deadinsi.de

oceaniceternity

@bram q!

13 Jul 2023 at 9:22 | Open on sakurajima.moe

DELETED

@bram didn't know obsidian had vim mode, might give it another try

13 Jul 2023 at 11:48 | Open on tech.lgbt

Jake Staines

@bram I'm confused, how do I type holding down the power button for five seconds into a UI textbox?

13 Jul 2023 at 15:55 | Open on mastodon.online

DELETED

@bram That's fantastic, brings me right back to my first experience with Vim. 😂 I have to know if :qall works. I mean what if you have splits open?! And maybe you edited the current buffer, so you'll need :q!?!