The command ' wq ' in vi and vim
 

I am very familiar with the editor 'vi' on UNIX systems.

You can create a file by writing either 'vi' or 'vim'

At the end of the file, the command ' wq ' save the file exit the
editor.

I just installed open SuSE 10.3 on another computer.
It is working fine.


At the command line I created a file by writing 'vi rubbish1'.

I wrote what I wanted to do in it.

Afterwards, I wanted to exit by writing ' wq '.
Of course, first you have to press the 'Esc' button before writing
'wq'.

It does not respond. The file is there without closing.

I tried even ' vim rubbish2 '.

It created the file 'rubbish2'.
I wrote what I wanted.

At the end 'wq ' command does not respond.

What is the problem?
I badly need your help.

That is with a ':', of course? Bizarre. You could try 'w' and 'q' separately or 'ZZ' or perhaps other ways. I'd look at the system-wide and personal config files, too - only thing I can think of is a weird mapping clobbering things.

-- :x was the other one I was trying to think of.

Incidentally, you don't say which specific implementation you're using and I don't know what Suse ships. Might be able to get more help from someone with that information.

Thanks digiot
Now I solve the problem. I am an idiot.

When I press to get this sign ' : ' , does not come. I have to do a few things to adjust on the shell.
Now it works.

Oh, I see. Glad you got it working. :)