RIP Bram Moolenaar, the author of vim text editor
RIP Bram Moolenaar, the author of vim text editor
Here is a message from his family
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/
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
: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
R.I.P. Bram.
I use VIm every day, I enjoy using it, I am still in awe when discovering stuff, still after 17y!
That's very sad to hear. Bram had a significant impact on me and how I use my computer. Rust zacht, Bram.
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.
