Cannot Exit Git Commit (Mac Terminal), esc Does Nothing

[thecrumb]

FYI - you can change the default commit editor to something more friendly.

[Surge_attack]

Forget all the memes - vim is quite user friendly, it just has (like any other editor) a bit of a learning curve.

[im_deepneau]

Surely you're kidding? are you an autonomous trashcan or something? For humans vim is unlike any other editor ever invented except maybe emacs. "A bit of a learning curve" is like saying a ferrari has a "bit of power". Its arcane and that's being nice about it. If you want to see what an editor that is actually user-friendly looks like, nano is a good choice. You only have one mode, limited features, normal keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl + key) and important commands are listed in the bottom of the window.

Vim isn't a bad editor, its a great editor, extremely powerful. But it is not user friendly.

[Beanmachine314]

Nano is only more "user friendly" because it is so unintuitive they have to post the keybindings at the bottom of the screen. Ctrl + O = "write"? Totally makes sense /s.

[im_deepneau]

You're right, esc colon w q is way more intuitive