this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026
462 points (97.5% liked)

linuxmemes

29113 readers
2013 users here now

Hint: :q!

Sister communities:

Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
  • Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
    • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn, no politics, no trolling or ragebaiting.
  • Don't come looking for advice, this is not the right community.
    • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
    • 5. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Language/язык/Sprache
  • This is primarily an English-speaking community. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
  • Comments written in other languages are allowed.
  • The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
  • Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
    • 6. (NEW!) Regarding public figuresWe all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations.
  • Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
  • We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
  • Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed.
    • Β 

    Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.

    founded 2 years ago
    MODERATORS
    poopsmith@lemmy.world
    zephyr@lemmy.world
    rtxn@lemmy.world
    462
    I Am starting to actually get somewhat comfortable using emacs (feddit.org)
    submitted 4 days ago by cows_are_underrated@feddit.org to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
    111 comments fedilink hide all child comments
     
    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

    My most used commands are also just the classics

    cw - delete the next word amd enter insert mode

    dd - delete line

    gg - go to first line

    G - go to last line

    :s/searchphrase/replacephrase - search and replace

    And a couple of visual mode commands do cut and paste blocks or comment out blocks of code

    [–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 5 points 3 days ago

    To build on cw:

    ciw works when the cursor is anywhere in the word

    ci( to delete everything between brackets and enter insert mode. Also ci" ciW or whatever

    [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

    These look real useful, especially :cw

    Thanks!Β 

    [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    a couple of visual mode commands

    Those might also work in the normal mode with motions, depending on the text. E.g. gcap would comment out the current paragraph (iirc).

    [–] Stitch0815@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Oh sick I will try that

    [–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

    gcc is the most typical, works on the current line.