[genbit]

first stuck in vim 13 years ago. No internet, no GUI, could not speak english, 1 book on unix/linux. So I had to reboot (hard reboot) computer, three times, then re-install OS, since something broke because of hard-forced reboot.

[ajross]

Hah. First stuck in emacs ~26 years ago, on a dumb terminal (want to say VT-102, maybe the VT-220's that were in the adjoining room). Tried everything to get out of it with no success, was too embarassed to ask for help, and eventually just power cycled the thing and walked away sheepishly.

Don't believe I ever got stuck in vi. All the cool kids were emacs users and it was years before I bothered to learn it.

[genbit]

emac I tried as well, and then power reseted it too :D

[acomjean]

I had the same issue doing a cvs commit where I got stuck in vi. I didn’t know what it was and what to do. I had to quit the terminal.

It was not a good hi experience.

I think vim and emacs come with basic instructions on the splash screen now to help newbies.