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- [Instructor] Let's start and quit Vim.

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In the terminal, run Vim.

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You'll see a greeting message and nothing else.

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Vim has a minimal interface

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that keeps you focused on what you're doing.

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All the tilde signs mean

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that there are lines not yet inserted.

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You have an empty file, but the editor itself is bigger.

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If you'll try writing text, it might or might not work.

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This is due to the fact that you are in normal mode.

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We'll talk about normal and other modes in another chapter.

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To quit Vim, first hit Escape.

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If you don't have Escape key, you can use Control + C.

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If you press Control + C again,

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you will see a message down below

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that tells you how to quit Vim.

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Follow the message, and type :qa!

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and then Enter.

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And we're back at the command prompt.

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Let's understand what :qa! means.

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Colon is the prefix for entering EX command.

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This is also known as command-line mode.

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Q is a shortcut for the quit command.

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A means all buffers.

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You can have several files open in Vim,

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and you'd like to quit all of them.

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An exclamation mark usually means force.

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In your case, it will tell Vim to quit

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even if there are some changes that you have not saved yet.

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Quitting Vim was not that hard.

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You just need to remember :qa!.

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Once you know the meaning of this,

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quit all now, it makes sense.