RIP and thank you for vim, your effort and for caring about good software.
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Bram Moolenaar has died
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Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#122Thank you Barm.
:wqa!
R.I.P
From a man who use vim everyday.
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#123RIP Bram, VIM is an awesome gift to humanity
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#124Thank you Bram for creating something that is truly useful and we use nearly everyday. May you Rest In Peace. My condolences to his family.
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#125:wq!
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#126I learned vim as a kid in the 90s and used it my entire life. I've never used anything else. The hours it has saved me through its efficiency and productivity has probably extended my lifespan.
Vim was born out of a simple system and a deep empathy and understanding of what a developer really needs.
In every line of code, every efficient series of keystrokes, his legacy endures. May it last forever. Rest in peace.
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#127RIP
vim might seem small on the grand scheme of things (npi), but as an interface to almost anything on a computer and for so long.. it's a real wound to read this
saying this as a mostly emacser..
:T_T
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#128RIP. I started using Vim on Slackware iirc. Haven’t stopped. I checked out various other clones back in the day — vim was way better afaict. PS: A major reason I use Vim rather than Emacs is that the arrow keys worked in Vim but not emacs. On Slackware. No I don’t use the ijkl keys to move in Vim. :) :) #blubvimmer
Hmm. I also first used vim inside of Slackware and also use arrow keys in vim.
Not sure I've ever run into another person who admitted that publicly. Not that I think it's something that one should actually be ashamed of, it makes total sense. Just not a popular approach.
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#129Wow that hits rather hard actually. I never knew him other than through the welcome message on Vim, but he made one of the tools I rely on the most in my daily life. Thanks Bram, have a good afterlife.
I am likewise surprised by how hard this hits. I shouted out loud when I read the headline! Quite a reaction to somebody who I only ever saw one photo of and read the occasional release notes etc. Yet as a vim user, he has been part my daily activities for years. The name Bram Moolenaar has hovered across all my work… Thank you Mr. Moolenaar.
Damn… I have been using Vim for decades and never thought once about the people responsible for it. I need to be more thoughtful of this to acknowledge people’s excellent work.
Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#130It's so surreal to me that I can look at his commit graph on github and see he was working right up until very recently. Rest in peace.