Technology @lemmy.world VulcanSphere @kbin.social 11 mo. ago

RIP Bram Moolenaar, the author of vim text editor

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He finally figured out how to exit
- Poor taste.
  
  A lot of the comment's I've seen everywhere over this news is "exiting vim" out of respect and admiration. They aren't being disrespectful but honoring the legacy that he fostered, and remembering the hard parts of his software.
Type :f to pay respects.
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  I've worked in a few places that were full of Linux nerds (including my current job). We totally use sed style replacements and joke about vim escape keys (especially the classic :q). So you just need nerdier friends (as in ramped up to 11).
- Technically, that is not vim specific, conning from sed and ed, but definitely worked in vim as well as all vi clones
  
  This is why it works so well. It's also one of the reasons I prefer vi over other text editors. It isn't always the most logical which commands and keys do what, but I like the consistency.
Pretty much any program I use I try to shift over to vim style keys. This guy's reach went far beyond vim to me.
- The hjkl keys came from Bill Joy when he wrote vi. The terminal he was using had arrows printed on those keys because it didn't have dedicated arrow keys. It was a natural progression to reuse those keys for navigation.
  
  vim was a huge improvement over vi. To where it became the defacto replacement. Some distros even shipped vim as a replacement for vi. That was because the Linux Standard Base required vi to be present.
  
  Still a huge influence. vi was a bit painful to use when coming from vim. Would hjkl have died out if it wasn't for vim? IDK. I think it would have been relegated to a niche corner of the unix/linux world.
  
  The terminal he was using had arrows printed on those keys because it didn’t have dedicated arrow keys.
  
  That terminal was also responsible for ~ used as home dir in path and ^ as beginning of string in regex.
RIP, Mr. Bram Moolenaar.

Thank you for the VIM.

Now the time has come for the VIM future.

https://joshtronic.com/2018/08/12/will-vim-die-with-bram-moolenaar/
- Or we could all just move to nano and be less frustrated.
  
  Damn people here really hate nano 😂
  
  I started with nano, learnt vim and now using neovim.
The guy onse famously responded to the question of how the community can ensure that vim project succeeds for the forseeable future with "keep me alive". Seems like there is our fault :(

RIP the legend. Keep Vimming.
I probably owe that man a good part of my living. Proof that even gods are mortal
- Great words. He may be gone now but he's got all us nerds in here thanking him and pondering the good ol days where his passion helped so many. Shit could be our eulogy from lemmy.
RIP ☹️

what an amazing editor he developed on top of vi, he'll be remembered
This news hit me hard this morning. Bram's work has directly benefited my career for decades. He was a good human being who did good things. RIP Bram
VIM only has two modes, constantly beeping or destroying everything. RIP Bram.
:f For the sophisticated users, for the gen pop :q!
RIP and thanks for all the hard work I've benefited from over the last decade.

I'll think of this man while explaining vim to my new hire next week.
He has left his mark in a way that few are able to
That's very sad to hear. Bram had a significant impact on me and how I use my computer. Rust zacht, Bram.
R.I.P. Bram.

I use VIm every day, I enjoy using it, I am still in awe when discovering stuff, still after 17y!
RIP Bram Moolenaar, and my condolences to his family
Rest in peace, Bram Moolenaar! Thank you for your work, I use vim every day.
Dang.
We as family are now arranging the funeral service of Bram which will take place in The Netherlands and will be held in the Dutch lanuage. The extact date, time and place are still to be determined.

Hmm.
- Why hmm?
  
  They couldn't be bothered to proofread the letter. It's somewhat disrespectful
I loved him in jackass.
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