Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, has died.
If you are a vim user, consider donating to International Child Care Fund Holland - a charity Bram heavily supported. You can find the link on vim.org
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Well, damn. What sad news. :(
RIP, You will be missed.
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In this case :wq does not sound right.
I would go with :q! (or :qa!)
Because death always fucks up all your plans.
I like to think of it as, his history and legacy being written to for the final time, the file being closed.
ZZ. You will be missed Bram, but your legacy will live on.
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What an absolute legend. Hard to imagine many others with as significant of an impact on programmers all over the world. He will be greatly missed. RIP.
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RIP 😔
Oh wow this so sad. Ever since I used vimtutor the first time, Ive used vim keys in every editor I used. Hopefully the project keeps doing well without him, its a great piece of software.
My entire life has vim key bindings. My window manager and browser all have vim key bindings. I work in vim. I write my shopping lists in vim.
I really can’t overstate how ingrained vim is in my day to day life. Bram had a big impact.
Me too. I’ve used vim to make my living for at least the last 20 years.
Same here OP
Bram will be missed. ✊🏾 :wq
I hope it ultimately re-organizes as more of a community effort now like neovim.
I don’t want to sound like an asshole but maybe we all should focus on Neovim from now on. I find in much better than original Vim in many ways.
I am truly and deeply saddened to hear this. My condolences to his family.
vim
orvim-enhanced
is one of the first things I install on any distro that doesn’t have it included by default. I have been using it for decades and am so used to seeing Bram’s name come up on the screen whenever I start the editor. His work greatly enriched my programming experience over the years and I am sure for countless other people as well. I don’t know what to say except a heartfelt “Thank you, Bram”.I am truly sorry to hear this. As a longtime Vim user, I cannot thank Bram enough for his massive contribution to software development and for his kindness. His legacy will live on, not only in Vim, but in all the communities he selflessly supported for so many years.
RIP. Even this Emacs user uses evil mode these days 🫡
While I’ve never been able to wrap my head around vim, the impact it has had is undeniable. He will be sorely missed. RIP
One of the first things I configure on any new system is an alias for
vi
to invokevim
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