I cannot exit Vim, I hit escape and tried :q :x :qx

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None of the other questions are working, I am running windows 8.

what I usually do is to press CTRL + (C or X or Z). – AlexITC Sep 18 '14 at 18:05 — AlexITC, Sep 18 '14 at 18:05
You need to hit Enter after `:q`. – Michael Berkowski Sep 18 '14 at 18:05 — Michael Berkowski, Sep 18 '14 at 18:05
Sorry if I was unclear, I did hit enter. – Alexis Lynne Handler Sep 18 '14 at 18:14 — Alexis Lynne Handler, Sep 18 '14 at 18:14
Probably you accidently changed your keyboard layout? – hek2mgl Sep 18 '14 at 18:15 — hek2mgl, Sep 18 '14 at 18:15

score 12 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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To escape from Vim

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Sep 18 '14 at 18:11

folkol

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This worked great, thank you! – Alexis Lynne Handler Sep 18 '14 at 18:15
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@AlexisLynneHandler If it works for you, please [mark the answer as accepted.](http://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/5235) – mMontu Sep 18 '14 at 18:58
@AlexisLynneHandler, always mark it when its right :) – im_brian_d Sep 25 '14 at 19:35

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '14 at 18:05

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:q! then Enter to quit without saving

:wq then Enter to save and quit

answered Sep 18 '14 at 18:05

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