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I did find this answer here: Vim Stuck In Insert Mode
However none of the commands listed worked for me. Exit, cntrl + [, cntrl + q
I'm totally a terminal newb, trying to learn how to setup git using homebrew. Watching this tutorial and I was able to set my global username and email, but I'm stuck in VIM.
I can get out of it by quitting the terminal, but I have to do this every time :(
Is there a better way?
3Then you weren't in insert mode. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2013-05-18T05:34:53.493
1Vim is... primarily a sysadmin tool. It just happens to be useful enough for coding. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams – 2013-05-18T05:40:37.927
Vim is pretty useful if you use it remotely (e.g. via SSH). Also, it has several features that used to be not as powerful or easy to access in other editors, especially non-GUI ones. I've been using
vim
for ten years (still do), but today, for a GUI, I'd maybe suggest Eclipse. I hope not to start an editor war here :-) – LSerni – 2013-05-18T06:22:03.347Also, you might be interested in this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/442057/what-is-your-linux-vim-cheat-sheet
– LSerni – 2013-05-18T06:23:46.697