RIP
Bram Moolenaar has died
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Re: Bram Moolenaar has died
#62Bram 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?
Same. Variations of Vim have been my go to editor for many decades now. Stellar achievement.
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#64Few 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…
For everyone reading this who has ever adored vim, or any of the editors that would go on to be inspired by vim, I can think of no better tribute to Bram than to make a donation to the charity that he spent the better part of his life advocating for.
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#65Sending 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.
Judging by that the announcement email came from his own email, I'm guessing there has been some sort of redundancy setup done when the medical condition was initially detected.
more likely a close relative simply got access to his accounts.
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#66Thank you, Bram, for vim. Thank you for how useful it is, and how rock solid it's always been for me.
No feeble attempt at humour from me, just heartfelt sadness and gratitude.
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#67Loved 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
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#68Now I can exit Vim...
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#69:wqa!
RIP Legend :(
[Mods - Request for black bar, please]
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#70For me, Bram is probably among names like Tarkovsky, Stravinsky and Attenborough, who greatly affected the way I see/feel life. R.I.P.