DarkHelmet
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Hi Everyone,
I am pretty dang new to Linux after spending over a decade with macOS. I should preface that I never learned Terminal and the CLI prior to starting my Linux journey.
With that said, I'm running into an issue with VIM and Nano. Pop! OS 21.4 is my distro of choice, currently. I installed Alacritty Terminal and after installing the alacritty.yml config file, located at ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml....I used ":q!" or maybe ":q" to close the file after viewing. After this, when I reopen the file, the file appears blank, but I saved with no changes. What is even more odd, if I open the file in a text editor, the contents of the config file are still present. Before I saved the file with no changes, I was able to open it by running the command, vim alacritty.yml. When I do so, the file says "alacritty.yml" [New] at the bottem, despite my having not created a new file or saved with changes. In order for me to get to the file with content, I now have to vim into the absolute file path i.e. ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml. I would really appreciate some help with this. It is driving me crazy.
By the way, I did the same thing on Mac and experienced the same issue so I know it is not an issue with Pop! OS.
I am pretty dang new to Linux after spending over a decade with macOS. I should preface that I never learned Terminal and the CLI prior to starting my Linux journey.
With that said, I'm running into an issue with VIM and Nano. Pop! OS 21.4 is my distro of choice, currently. I installed Alacritty Terminal and after installing the alacritty.yml config file, located at ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml....I used ":q!" or maybe ":q" to close the file after viewing. After this, when I reopen the file, the file appears blank, but I saved with no changes. What is even more odd, if I open the file in a text editor, the contents of the config file are still present. Before I saved the file with no changes, I was able to open it by running the command, vim alacritty.yml. When I do so, the file says "alacritty.yml" [New] at the bottem, despite my having not created a new file or saved with changes. In order for me to get to the file with content, I now have to vim into the absolute file path i.e. ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml. I would really appreciate some help with this. It is driving me crazy.
By the way, I did the same thing on Mac and experienced the same issue so I know it is not an issue with Pop! OS.
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