Bram Moolenaar has died • Hacker News Board

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by threemux » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:20 PM UTC

I use vim every day - RIP to a legend!

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by minedwiz » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:21 PM UTC

codetrotter wrote: post #3

Bram 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?

Another black bar +1. If anyone deserves it, it’s got to be the author of a critical part of my daily workflow for over 10 years.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by anon7331 » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:23 PM UTC

Sad. I didn't interact with Bram much, but I did have an email exchange with him early in my software developer journey. I submitted a few patches to Vim and he helped me work through them to get them approved/merged. He was very patient and kind even though I was a complete newbie.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by 725686 » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:23 PM UTC

My respects. I use vim daily. So long and thanks for all the fish!

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by lenkite » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

Only interaction with him was via mailing list but liked and respected him. Been using VIM for ~20 years now. Upset at his death. Its too early to pass away at just 62.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by lycopodiopsida » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:24 PM UTC

One of silent heroes of the open-source world - making life of so many people easier and more enjoyable every day. RIP.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by DoneWithAllThat » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:27 PM UTC

It didn’t occur to me until now that vim is perhaps the oldest tool I’ve used continuously since the early days of my education and career. And I don’t just use it, I use it every single day and have for probably 30 years.

Thank you Bram.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by stonekyx » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:28 PM UTC

The very first time in life that I reported a bug to an OSS project was to Vim, by email to Bram, when I was in high school. Thinking back from now, that was definitely not a good way to report bugs, but Bram was super helpful and responded kindly to this ignorant kid.

Thank you Bram, and RIP.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by ilaksh » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:29 PM UTC

barnbuilder wrote: post #86

favadi wrote: post #14

Sending 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.

I'm worried about this and feel like "vim" as actively maintained software probably also died today.

Neovim seems to be going strong. https://github.com/neovim/neovim

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by lucasfcosta » Sat, Aug 05, 2023, 2:29 PM UTC

Bram was really important for me. I remember the joy of learning how to use vim and how easy it was to bond with other fellow users.

Who would imagine a text editor could instill such a strong sense of identity into its users?

The first time I’ve been to SF I even got a “:w” tattooed on me.

Bram, you will be missed.