Neil BrownSep 29, 2025
Roses are red
Violets are blue
To save and quit vim
Use :wq
Show threadRevK 
@neil ZZ
Sep 29, 2025 at 12:20pmWeb
Show threadTim ChaseSep 29, 2025

@revk

For my US audience:

Roses are red
Not brown like coffee.
To quit vi use
capital Z Z

For my non-US audience

Violets are blue
Roses are red
To quit vi use
capital Z Z

😉

@neil #zee #zed

Show threadJeff GriggSep 29, 2025

@gumnos @revk @neil

Yea; but in both cases, one should press the ESC key at least half a dozen times first!

Show threadBrent J. NordquistSep 29, 2025
@revk @neil There was a bug in the original Unix vi, when recovering your changes after a crash: ZZ would fail to save your changes (gone forever), vs :wq would save them. I'm still typing :wq decades later. 😄
Show threadDeeAnn LittleSep 29, 2025
@bjnord same @revk @neil
Show threadRevK Sep 29, 2025
@bjnord @neil I was mocked for using vi. But then there was a short power cut at offices. I lost like last 10 characters I had typed or something because of recovery stuff. Others lost a lot of work.