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Bram Moolenaar Passed Away (groups.google.com)
submitted 11 months ago by LuckyJones@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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

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[-] ForbiddenRoot@lemmy.ml 69 points 11 months ago* (last edited 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".

[-] Newchair@lemmy.world 55 points 11 months ago
[-] 601error@lemmy.ca 17 points 11 months ago

It could be that we have transitioned into the unforeseeable future.

[-] Celediel@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

It most certainly feels that way, in more ways than one.

[-] tun@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Especially No. 8

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

[-] YassKwiin@rammy.site 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Looks like I picked a good time to learn emacs (with evil mode)

[-] abraham_linksys@sh.itjust.works 46 points 11 months ago
[-] I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.world 39 points 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

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 months ago

I’m curious as well. Maybe I will re-consider neovim.

[-] I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.world 9 points 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.ee 3 points 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 points 11 months ago

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

He might have been kidding though.

[-] something_random_tho@lemmy.world 36 points 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

[-] Ghosty141@feddit.de 31 points 11 months ago

Oh wow this so sad. Ever since I used vimtutor the first time, Ive used vim keys in every editor I used. Hopefully the project keeps doing well without him, its a great piece of software.

[-] LuckyJones@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

My entire life has vim key bindings. My window manager and browser all have vim key bindings. I work in vim. I write my shopping lists in vim.

I really can't overstate how ingrained vim is in my day to day life. Bram had a big impact.

[-] black_dinamo@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Same here OP

Bram will be missed. ✊🏾 :wq

[-] havocpants@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Me too. I've used vim to make my living for at least the last 20 years.

[-] ebits21@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago

I hope it ultimately re-organizes as more of a community effort now like neovim.

[-] rumbleran@suppo.fi 1 points 11 months ago

I don't want to sound like an asshole but maybe we all should focus on Neovim from now on. I find in much better than original Vim in many ways.

[-] LiamMayfair@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 11 months ago* (last edited 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.

[-] omgitsaheadcrab@sh.itjust.works 20 points 11 months ago

RIP. Even this Emacs user uses evil mode these days 🫡

[-] deadlyremote@lemmy.ml 19 points 11 months ago

Rest in peace.

:wq

[-] scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org 18 points 11 months ago

Rest in peace!

:wq 🫡

[-] andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 17 points 11 months ago

I would imagine his family knows his direct impact at least somewhat but I wonder if they know how many lives have been changed by what was written with the tools Bram gave us. This one really unexpectedly hit me as aside from using vim, I've had zero interaction with Bram. But vim is such a big part of my life that I found myself tearing up a bit even though I was in the gym when I saw the news.

[-] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 months ago

vim got me started programming recently, love it. Rest well,

:wq

[-] GigaFlop@kbin.social 14 points 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

[-] russjr08@outpost.zeuslink.net 13 points 11 months ago

Rest in peace, Bram! Your legacy will continue to live on in us all.

:wq

[-] goodnessme@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago
[-] aldalire@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 11 months ago

:wq brother.

I loved programming exactly when i learned to love vim.

[-] danielton@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago
[-] MaxHardwood@lemmy.ca 11 points 11 months ago
[-] randint@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

My condolences.

[-] gabriele97@lemmy.g97.top 10 points 11 months ago
[-] HR_Pufnstuf@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

We all swear to honour you by removing pico / nano from all systems everywhere.

[-] Redredme@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

In this case :wq does not sound right.

I would go with :q! (or :qa!)

Because death always fucks up all your plans.

[-] Celediel@slrpnk.net 7 points 11 months ago

I like to think of it as, his history and legacy being written to for the final time, the file being closed.

ZZ. You will be missed Bram, but your legacy will live on.

[-] solidgrue@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[-] Balinares@pawb.social 7 points 11 months ago

Well, damn. What sad news. :(

[-] linearchaos@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So long and thanks for all the fish

:w !sudo tee %

[-] Tilted@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

RIP. A legend.

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

One of the first things I configure on any new system is an alias for vi to invoke vim.

[-] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[-] null@zerobytes.monster 2 points 11 months ago
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