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

  • ForbiddenRootEnglish
    68•1 year 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”.

  • @I_Am_Jacks_____
    39•1 year 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_____
        9•1 year 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•1 year 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•1 year ago

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

      He might have been kidding though.

  • @something_random_tho@lemmy.worldEnglish
    36•1 year 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.deEnglish
    31•1 year 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.worldOPEnglish
      28•1 year 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.

      • @rumbleran@suppo.fiEnglish
        1•1 year 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.

  • Liam MayfairEnglish
    29•1 year 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.

  • andrewEnglish
    18•1 year 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.

  • GigaFlop
    14•1 year 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