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Calling it a code editor is like calling my car a “work transport vehicle”
Vim is an all purpose text-editing machine and although it has some definite quirks it solves problems. If you’ve used original vi you’ll know just how much more amazing vim is without changing the core concepts.
Much love to Bram, you made the world a better place ❤️
100%. vim is pure genius.
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Vim is just way better than Vi if I have to use it to actually change more than a few characters in a text file/config.
It's probably just me but with Vi I struggle with inputting any text because I'm used to using the arrow keys to navigate. It keeps putting a 'B', in particular, and newlines whenever I want to navigate text.
Man, I'm sad 😔.
I knew him personally (we worked for the same company at a point in time, although very different departments). I'm also a heavy vim user.
We once were in the same meeting where the unsuspecting meeting chair was taking nodes in emacs org-mode. Most of other meeting members were not geeks, so nobody knew who Bram was. I said "Bram, look at this, they're taking notes in emacs just to piss you off", to which he responded "yeah, and it is horrible...." 😁
Farewell and :wq
Unfortunately, I only had limited interactions with him. I was the lead on a project that needed a few things from his team, and we had a number of meetings due to that.
From my limited contact, he seemed like a chill guy. Never made any unreasonable assumptions and had a technical view on how to solve problems.
I am a young developer, NeoVim is my choice for every type of text editing. Vim is an amazing tool on par with many of the greatest software products in existence.
This man's legacy will be honored. :wq
For those that want to pay tribute to Bram, I suggest donating to ICCF, which is the charity that has also been mentioned in Vim's splash screen since the very beginning (see also: :help iccf in Vim/Neovim). I'm kinda embarrassed that I never got around to it before — I've been using Vim/Neovim for more than two decades!
the fist big IT ralated scare I ever had, was trying to exit Vim, I had to turn my laptop off :P
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The contributions will not be forgotten
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:wq Thanks Bram for a great editor! Vim is probably one of the most useful pieces of software ever written. I know that I use it literally every day.
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An exceptional piece of software in so many ways, created by a very special person. You are missed.
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I started my UNIX/Linux life on Vi and never stopped using it as my preferred editor. Vim was a great and somehow near invisible upgrade. This is truly a great loss but he has left a huge and lasting impact on the world of computing.
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So young (to die). I wonder what happened to him.
Everyone's giving tribute with :wq!, but don't forget about :x! and ZZ.
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RIP
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oh nooo :(
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much love to Bram, I've tried vi and instantly felt how much vim helped, a toast to a great mind 🥂
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Very sad :(
Thank you for the works best editor Bram. :x!
Rest in peace.
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o7 Rest in piece, you legend
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The downvote is from Chris Allegretta
