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Comment by smilesnd | Hacker News Reader

'Esc :q' to quit vim seems to be the one trick most people don't know.

Better/Other ways to exit VI/vim:

  * ctrl+z; kill %1
  * Open a new terminal and ignore the one with vim running.
  * ZZ
  * Pull the power cord, erasing any sign of it running.
  * ESC :q!
  * ESC :wq
  * ESC :exit
  * ESC :quit

Of course ESC and :q usually works too ;)

ZQ is another one. Like ZZ, but doesn't save. I mainly use ZZ and ZQ to quit.

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