I am so sorry to hear this. I will make a contribution today in his memory.
Bram Moolenaar has died
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#132In 2000 we organized a large outdoor LAN party for a week in the middle of nowhere hosting around 600 Unix/Linux aficionados. I was very proud to have found Bram to speak there at our event. On the days ahead I became very anxious to welcome this paragon of open source contributors, but I soon found out Bram was one of the most fun and caring people I had the honour to meet. Not just did he tell us his story of developing vim, he also organised an in promptu quiz on Unix and networking. I have fond memories of Bram and am truly sad to hear he passed away. Bram truly captured the soul of open source.
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#133Earlier quoted context omitted.
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
Neovim has a bit of a different mentality compared to Vim; it's not the same project.
I don't really want to discus this in detail here as it's not the right location, but I think lots of people would be interested in continuing Vim, rather than having Vim being subsumed by Neovim. We'll have to see how things and the relationship between Vim and Neovim change and evolve in the coming weeks and months.
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#134Few 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 an…
Thanks for posting the donation link and the reminder, I've made a donation as well.
Vim has shaped so many aspects of my professional life; I'll forever be grateful to Bram for his work and contributions. Rest in peace, Bram.
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#135> 8: How can the community ensure that the Vim project succeeds for the foreseeable future?
> Keep me alive.[1]
[1] 10 Questions with Vim’s creator, Bram Moolenaar (2014) https://www.binpress.com/vim-creator-bram-moolenaar-intervie...
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#136Loved his "7 Habits For Effective Text Editing 2.0" (2007) talk and humor [1] "How many of you are mostly using Emacs?" a bunch of raised hands "Okay, we'll try to convert some people today!" RIP, Bram Moolenaar [1] - https://youtu.be/p6K4iIMlouI
A lot of this advice is about turning vim into a "modern" text editor with a language server configured.
I used to use vim but lately I switched to Helix, which is basically vim but with all the good features and plugins built into it and without a configuration/extension language. Almost all of the features are easily discoverable by just pressing spacebar, and the rest by browsing the (small) documentation, and I can think of a way to do all the things Bram talks about from within Helix, often better (because it's relying on the language server).
Still, the main point about learning your tools by detecting inefficiencies and searching for a better way is always valid, and I'm sure that all these things Vim was already doing at the time helped pave the way for modern editors. RIP.
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Neovim seems to be going strong. https://github.com/neovim/neovim
Neovim has a bit of a different mentality compared to Vim; it's not the same project. I don't really want to discus this in detail here as it's not the right location, but I think lots of people would be interested in continuing Vim, rather than having Vim being subsumed by Neovim. We'll have to see how things and the relationship between Vim and Neovim change and evolve in the coming weeks and months.
I assume there are multiple people willing and able to continue vim development and I think it might be important for that to happen. I just thought it was relevant in the context of that comment to mention the other project.
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#138RIP, a great guy, a public benefactor and a great coder.
I think the black stripe should be on HN today; it's quite justified.
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#139Bram 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?
A vote.
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#140Bram 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.
I was looking for a post like this because I couldn’t agree more. While I didn’t get a tattoo like you , I can’t imagine living without a tool that is one of the most important to my livelihood.