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Development Tools Git Basics Getting Started With Git Committing Changes

Posted by Mary Chadwick
Mary Chadwick
10,683 Points

VIM opening as default editor on PC and vim controls don't work

My default editor in windows is Vim, but when I use escape, : wq to write and close, nothing happens. I could change my default to notepad, but wouldn't mind learning and using vim. Anyone else have these issues? And when I close out the vim window, I get an error in my Git window and have to close out and reopen. I have no idea if my README file was committed. Also. I added a txt instead of an md as file type. Is this part of the problem? Thanks for any help on how to get passed this editor problem.

3 Answers

Jonathan Perdomo
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Jonathan Perdomo
Python Development Techdegree Student 11,506 Points

Try hitting esc, and using ZQ command instead :wq

Chance Lane
Chance Lane
11,974 Points
Chance Lane
Chance Lane
11,974 Points

If anybody is having trouble with the commit process like I was. This page, and pages linked to this one helped me out http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6098742/using-git-commit-a-with-vim

Kevin Phillips
Kevin Phillips
15,693 Points
Kevin Phillips
Kevin Phillips
15,693 Points

Here's how to get git to use nano instead of vim:

git config --global core.editor "nano"

as stated here: http://superuser.com/questions/503844/git-on-mac-how-to-set-nano-as-the-default-text-editor