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I'm starting in programming and i'm supposed to send my code by email using a the mutt command. So I write:

mutt -s "email subject" -a attached_file.txt -- profesor@gmail.com

Then it confirms me the professor email, I press enter. It confirms the email subject, I press enter a second time. But then it opens a text editor within linux for the email text content I and can't manage to continue that part. Which keys do I have to press to finish to send the email?

Thanks in advance.

PS: I tried pressing Esc, then :x or :q as in vim, but it doesn't work.

osgx
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Fabian Vllb
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  • What is your linux? Which text editor is open, is there any indication of its name (or check output of `echo $EDITOR`/`ls -l /etc/alternatives/editor`, or `pstree` in other console). Different editors will require different keys to exit. And this is how to change default editor in debian/ubuntu: https://superuser.com/a/168710 (about editor setting in mutt - http://mutt.postle.net/editing/ and https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/mutt#) – osgx Mar 25 '17 at 22:31
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    Okay so I'm using mobaXterm as terminal but I figured out that my default text editor is emacs. Any idea on how to finish to send the email? – Fabian Vllb Mar 27 '17 at 17:56

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You can send the email with y. Also there is a key-binding cheat-sheet

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  • Will `y` work in context of External Text Editor which is Emacs for case of Fabian Vllb's linux? (Can you add basic save & exit commands of most popular editors to the answer?) – osgx Mar 27 '17 at 23:08