how to stop editing vim, save and exit

**beelzebufo** · February 3rd, 2015

just what the title says, I am trying to edit a file through ssh using vim, I use :e to start editing, then how do I stop editing? after which I would assume I just would have to do a :q to quit and save. Why does busybox use that anyway? who designed vim? can I talk to him and ask him why he hates us?

Thanks
beelzebufo

PS is there another text editor that I could use in busybox instead of vim? it's an idiotic editor, there is no reason for it to be so complicated.

solved. it was too easy. should have made it more complicated, all I had to do is hit esc. I dum.

**Bucky Ball** · February 3rd, 2015

Thread moved to General Help.

**ibjsb4** · February 3rd, 2015

You got it solved, but I thought I mention nano. Its already installed.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Nano

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php...lists_overview

**beelzebufo** · February 3rd, 2015

nano is not installed on the busybox I have, I am sshing into a bitmain antminer s3. I know this is posted in the ubuntu forums, but it was really a busybox question. I just know that this is a more helpful and active forum than they have (if they have one)

**Impavidus** · February 3rd, 2015

Many people love vim.

You have to read the manual though.

**beelzebufo** · February 3rd, 2015

so much of it just seems unnecessary. Why not just make a text editor that you edit text with. Anyway, this was solved and now I am wasting server space by continuing. Thanks for the replies.