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
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I am truly and deeply saddened to hear this. My condolences to his family.
vim
orvim-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”.Looks like we failed bram :(
https://www.binpress.com/vim-creator-bram-moolenaar-interview/
It could be that we have transitioned into the unforeseeable future.
It most certainly feels that way, in more ways than one.
Especially No. 8
8: How can the community ensure that the Vim project succeeds for the foreseeable future? Keep me alive.
Looks like I picked a good time to learn emacs (with evil mode)
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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.
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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’m curious as well. Maybe I will re-consider neovim.
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.
I switched several years ago, back when neovim did async stuff and
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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.
He had publicly stated that keeping him alive was the only succession plan.
He might have been kidding though.
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.
RIP. Even this Emacs user uses evil mode these days 🫡
Rest in peace.
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Rest in peace!
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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
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I loved programming exactly when i learned to love vim.
RIP :(
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vim got me started programming recently, love it. Rest well,
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Rest in peace, Bram! Your legacy will continue to live on in us all.
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My condolences.