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[–] [email protected] 104 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

I ashamed to say that I expected this comment.

[–] [email protected] 97 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've used vim every single day at work for ~12 years. With the kids I rarely do at the weekends but I happened to be setting up my .vimrc on a relatively recent laptop this afternoon. Big impact on my life for a guy whose name I never knew until 2 minutes ago.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use Vim since 31 years. Started in 1992, on Amiga with Fred Fish disks. I use Vim daily at work since 20 years. It's like a second home for me, a familiar tool which makes me confident that it'll help me manage whatever task I throw at it. I never had the pleasure to encounter Bram to tell him how much his work helped me throughout the years. I should have sent a "thank you for your hard work" mail when it was still possible. Now I can only send condolences. And some money to the ICCF. That's the least I can do.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You definitely have a point about the "thank you"-messages. I don't think I've ever sent a message like that to the author of any software, but I think it might be time to start, especially for software that is the product of (or spawned from) the hard work of a single person or a small group.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Recently I used testdisk/photorec to recover photos from a dead sd card. Made a small donation and sent a big thank you to the developer. As you said, sending appreciations and thanks for someone's hard work is an important thing to do, and if applicable, small donations. Right now I'm quite ashamed I've never did the same for Vim while Bram was still alive, especially since Vim is one of the most important tools I daily use :/.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have, but it's rare I even know who to thank. Some like Benn Venn (and his joey jr) know they have my undying gratitude though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Whenever I find myself on a system without vim I feel like an armless boxer

[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 year ago

He was just 62.. That's still early ☹️

rest in peace

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They finally worked out how to exit this realm?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I do wonder if he enjoyed the jokes about quitting VIM. What a legend. RIP. 62 is too young.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago

Thank you for helping me create/edit all those files.

:wq

[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago

Sad news, 62 is way too early. I've been using Vim and the Vim modes/plugins of various IDEs (currently IntelliJ) for many years now, so I'm going to donate to ICCF in his memory.

:wq Bram, rest in piece.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

rest in peace great developer

--COMMAND--

:x

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

RIP, I use vim every day.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Not everyone gets to leave a legacy like vim. Effectively the notepad and pen of computing. RIP

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Your legacy will live on. I use VIM for most coding and am very appreciative of this man ✊

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Damn. It feels bad even though I never met this man in person. RIP legend!! :'(

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

he did just :q! ):

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Wow! Donations to children of Uganda was about 68k in 2018, and 78k in 2019. That's awesome. I guess this is a good time as any to donate.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nano user here but I still appreciate all the Vim work and it's a pity that the world lost such a talended person. RIP.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Try micro! It’s like nano but better.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

a God speed! Thanks for the edits.:wq

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Each time I tried to switch to an IDE, I returned to Vim after a few days. Nothing compares to it, and vim-modes always seem nerfed to me. RIP

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This man changed the way I develop software. He has made an indelible mark on software development that will continue for decades to come.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Rest in peace. He did good work and I hope he found solace in the fact that his legacy will live on after him.

[–] livingcoder 2 points 1 year ago

I just started using vim binding seriously a year ago and using vim generally to work with code. I'm so grateful for his (and everyone else's work) on this product. I can only hope that my software can make such an impact on the world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Vim was my first editor before switching to emacs, thanks to him for making such a great software

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How many times has this been reposted? Either way, RIP, even though I don't use vim.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Not enough, this is my first time hearing