Because maybe. You're gonna be the one who saves me.

[venta]

(Geeky) Note to self:

You're using a Windows editor. Ctrl-X Ctrl-S does not do what you want.

It looks like it did what you want.

In fact, it did do the thing you wanted. It just deleted an arbitrary line of text before it did it.

The net result of this can be disastrous.

Stop doing it!

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

I've solved that in FF by using the '/' shortcut for search (think of it as content you've just piped through less... :)

[secondhand-rick.livejournal.com]

Think of it as using vi!

[venta.livejournal.com]

Yes. Because that makes the whole thing much less scary and much more approachable.

These days, I can edit, save, and exit vi without screaming. Or beeping. I'm very proud of this.

[phlebas.livejournal.com]

The danger of vi is that the nexy time you use a different editor you end up with gibberish among your text.kxit

[ringbark.livejournal.com]

That's ridiculous.
I've never ended up with extra spurious text in a document because I forgot what editor I was using.
Don't think anyone here would do that. It's just too stupi for words.
:wq!