RIP This man is an absolute legend. <3
Bram Moolenaar has died
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#12Bram Moolenaar was the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim. @dang can HN put a black banner for Bram Moolenaar please?
+1
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#13Vim is fascinating because it revived a kind of wonky tool in vi.
I remember learning about the command line and having to use original vi. It was weird. But Bram saw some underlying genius in the tool and revived it. Not just for vim itself, but all the vims, all the tools that have vim bindings, etc.
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#14Sending heartfelt condolences to Bram's family. His last commit is just one month ago: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4c0089d696b8d1d5dc40568f25.... I wonder who else has access to vim.org and the official git repository and if there will be anyone step up to become vim's BDFL.
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#15RIP. Thank you for the tool that I’ve arguably used the longest.
It is a software that brings joy each time I use it.
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#16Oh damn, that makes me sad. I met him once at Vimfest in Berlin. He was such an intelligent and humble guy.
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#17Thank you for everything, Bram. vim has been my editor forever and I can’t imagine using any other.
Can we please have a black banner?
:q
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#18Bram Moolenaar was the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim. @dang can HN put a black banner for Bram Moolenaar please?
This is the only vi-able action IMO.
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#19Few people could probably argue that they helped as many humans in dire situations like Bram did in his life. Vim was the first time I came across "charityware" as vim encourages users to donate to International Child Care Fund Holland on its splash screen, instead of begging for money for itself. I feel a bit of shame when I say that I've only donated to ICCF once over all these years....
As a remembrance of Bram and to thank him for building the editor I've been using for as long as I can remember, I'm doing exactly what he would have wanted me to do, donating to ICCF Holland. If you're a vim/nvim/other edition user, I suggest you to do the same: https://iccf-holland.org/donate.html
If you're a (neo)vim user, there is more information at `:help iccf` as well.
Thank you Bram for everything. I'm sure your spirit and lines written will stay with me and others for a very long time in the future.
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#20Incredibly sorry to hear this. The times I have seen his name.. or thought about who this guy might be, and that he not only is a super programmer but also a humanitarian. Too countless to think about. RIP. @dang I know we don't see the black bar often but I hope it is possible
@dang I know we don't see the black bar often but I hope it is possible
You'll be seeing it *much* more often in the coming years as those of the older generation -- who made such large contributions -- pass on.