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vi quit q Q

From: Jean-Pierre Radley <jpr@jpr.com>
Subject: Re: vi: q and Q
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 04:58:04 GMT
References: <9h4a4h$k83$1@front3.grolier.fr> 

gdm propounded (on Sun, Jun 24, 2001 at 11:15:27AM +0200):
| I have sco5.0.5. I use vi. When I want to quit, I hit ":", then I hit "q".
| So I quit vi. there is no problem at all about that. But sometimes while
| working on vi, by mistake, I hit "Q" and I see a ":" at the bottom of my
| screen and I do not know what this command means. I do not know how to
| cancel this command and I do not any way to continue to write on vi. The
| only trik that works is to hit "q". so I quit vi, and I go back to the
| shell, then I can hit "vi" again to go on writing with vi. Who could help me
| to understand the meaning of "Q", and how to cancel this command.

The meaning of Q in vi is very explicitly described in the vi man page.

There's no "trick" involved at all.  Q puts you in the ex mode, which is
non-visual, non full-screen.

You coud also run ex on a file, and use 'vi' to put you in visual mode.

-- 
JP

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