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Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by azemetre »

I was first introduced to Vim from a Jeffrey Way tutorial about HTML5 way back in 2010 or maybe 2008 when first learning about programming. Ever since then I've used Vim throughout my career, even somehow convincing others to use it too. I've been using neovim for the last 5 years but can still hop on a colleagues machine or into a server and still be productive.

Easily the most important piece of software I've ever used in my life, since it has allowed me to make a living.

RIP Bram Moolenaar.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by junon »

capableweb wrote: post #148
ezoe wrote: post #142

I had an opportunity to talk to the Bram Moolenaar when VimConf 2018 was held in Japan. First and only time Bram visited Japan. I was there as a volunteer staff, sitting at a reception desk. Although vim is the text editor I use everyday, I'm not that enthusiastic to participate the vim conference. I'm not a vim developer. I don't use some of the advanced vim features. I don't ask much for a text editor. I use vim si…

Here is photos from Bram when they were at the Japan trip: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMc4NF8j66ohinWutVHktl4... "Tokyo 2018 (Nov 17 – 25, 2018)" His website has a lot of other albums he published for everyone to enjoy: https://moolenaar.net/albums.html

Wow these are really great photos - I'm sure both due to most culture in Japan is dripping in beauty, but also because Bram just takes really good photos!

Thank you for sharing.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by mikece »

_joel wrote: post #173

So long Brad, probably the single most used tool I've used over my career. Thanks for that! I guess he finally learnt how to exit vim

Bram didn't exit vim; he's simply stopped typing. The spirit of Bram will always be with us.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by renewiltord »

In the initial sponsorship for Neovim some people asked why none of us sponsored Vim. So I went to give an equal amount there and found that he wanted it to go charity.

That was the first time I'd encountered charityware. Mind blowing tool, vim, and I am very impressed by him.

A legend of the field.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by petecooper »

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?

>@dang

The email address I've used in the past has been responded to promptly, that's probably more effective than an @ mention:

  hn@ycombinator.com

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by gm3dmo »

Should you want to donate, if you have the Benevity giving platform through your employer then you may be able to double any donation through that:

"Stichting ICCF Holland"

Is the name I search for.

Re: Bram Moolenaar has died

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Post by freedomben »

gjvc wrote: post #20
sgt wrote: post #4

Incredibly 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.

Sadly this was my thought too. It's a way to start feeling super old, when the first generation start to die, and very few of the heros of open source have. But we're all getting old...
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