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Vim is built different (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

POV: You open vim for the first time.

Screenshot of vim start screen. The instruction to exit vim is highlighted in red. It reads: VIM - Vi IMproved version 9.1.697 by Bram Moolenaar et al. Modified by team+vim@tracker.debian.org Vim is open source and freely distributable Help poor children in Uganda! type :help iccf for information type :q to exit type :help or for on-line help type :help version9 for version info

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The image shows the last state of a terminal emulator of person without command line or git knowledge. The person attempted to run git commit and is now blaming the result of a specific configuration on their system that launches a vi derivative on the vi derivative itself. This image is expected to convince the viewer that the vi derrivative is to blame.

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