Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar
groups.google.com

Bram Moolenaar, creator of vim, has died.

If you are a vim user, consider donating to International Child Care Fund Holland - a charity Bram heavily supported. You can find the link on vim.org

:wq

  • ForbiddenRoot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    57·
    11 months ago

    I am truly and deeply saddened to hear this. My condolences to his family.

    vim or vim-enhanced is one of the first things I install on any distro that doesn’t have it included by default. I have been using it for decades and am so used to seeing Bram’s name come up on the screen whenever I start the editor. His work greatly enriched my programming experience over the years and I am sure for countless other people as well. I don’t know what to say except a heartfelt “Thank you, Bram”.

    • tun@lemmy.world
      132·
      11 months ago

      Especially No. 8

      8: How can the community ensure that the Vim project succeeds for the foreseeable future? Keep me alive.

  • something_random_tho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    11 months ago

    What an absolute legend. Hard to imagine many others with as significant of an impact on programmers all over the world. He will be greatly missed. RIP.

    :x

  • I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.world
    30·
    11 months ago

    Very sad. Like others here, vim is a huge part of my work. I even use qutebrowser for vim keys. From what I understood, he was the primary developer and gatekeeper for vim. I wonder if he had plans in place for when he was going to retire

      • I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.world
        9·
        11 months ago

        For my machines, I switched to NeoVim a while ago. There were certain instances when editing large files that Vim would lag and NeoVim doesn’t. But I manage a lot of systems that are not my systems, so I use Vim on those.

      • evatronic@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I switched several years ago, back when neovim did async stuff and :term and supported things like ALE before vim8 implemented similar functionality.

        So far, I haven’t run into anything that neovim can’t handle in my day-to-day, and it seems generally faster, but that’s probably me falling for the “neo” in the name. Like how painting flames on the side of a car make it go faster.

    • YassKwiin@rammy.site
      2·
      11 months ago

      He had publicly stated that keeping him alive was the only succession plan.

      He might have been kidding though.

  • Liam Mayfair@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    24·
    11 months ago

    I am truly sorry to hear this. As a longtime Vim user, I cannot thank Bram enough for his massive contribution to software development and for his kindness. His legacy will live on, not only in Vim, but in all the communities he selflessly supported for so many years.

  • GigaFlop@kbin.social
    13·
    11 months ago

    While I’ve never been able to wrap my head around vim, the impact it has had is undeniable. He will be sorely missed. RIP