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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I am truly and deeply saddened to hear this. My condolences to his family.
vimorvim-enhancedis 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”.:wq ✊
Looks like we failed bram :(
https://www.binpress.com/vim-creator-bram-moolenaar-interview/It could be that we have transitioned into the unforeseeable future.
Especially No. 8
8: How can the community ensure that the Vim project succeeds for the foreseeable future? Keep me alive.
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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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.
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.
Same here OP
Bram will be missed. ✊🏾 :wq
Me too. I’ve used vim to make my living for at least the last 20 years.
I hope it ultimately re-organizes as more of a community effort now like neovim.
RIP. Even this Emacs user uses evil mode these days 🫡
Rest in peace.
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Rest in peace!
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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
vim got me started programming recently, love it. Rest well,
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RIP :(
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My condolences.
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:wq brother.
I loved programming exactly when i learned to love vim.
