VIM
VIM © Browserling · Browserling Comics · CC BY-NC 4.0
Why it lands
"How do I exit Vim?" is one of the most famous beginner questions in programming. The screen shows the attempt: a scatter of Ctrl sequences, quit, exit and :w!!!ZZq, which is as random a string as anyone could want.
Transcript
- How do you generate a random string? Put a web designer in front of VIM and tell him to save and exit.
Credits
- Original
- VIM — Browserling, Browserling Comics
- Image file
- comic.browserling.com/vim.png
- License
- CC BY-NC 4.0
The English page shows the original image unmodified. The Japanese page shows an adaptation by wtfe²: the lettering was erased from the art and replaced with a Japanese translation. The adaptation is shared under the same license as the original.