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.
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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.
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.
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 :/.
Whenever I find myself on a system without vim I feel like an armless boxer
:rip
:wq
:q!
:wq!
I ashamed to say that I expected this comment.
He was just 62.. That's still early ☹️
rest in peace
They finally worked out how to exit this realm?
I do wonder if he enjoyed the jokes about quitting VIM. What a legend. RIP. 62 is too young.
RIP
:wq
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.
Rest in peace, legend. o7
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rest in peace great developer
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:x
:rip
:wq
RIP, I use vim every day.
Not everyone gets to leave a legacy like vim. Effectively the notepad and pen of computing. RIP
Damn. It feels bad even though I never met this man in person. RIP legend!! :'(
he did just :q! ):
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.
Your legacy will live on. I use VIM for most coding and am very appreciative of this man ✊
:wq
:wqa
a God speed! Thanks for the edits.:wq
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
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.
Try micro! It’s like nano but better.
This man changed the way I develop software. He has made an indelible mark on software development that will continue for decades to come.
RIP o7
:q!
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.
How many times has this been reposted? Either way, RIP, even though I don't use vim.
Not enough, this is my first time hearing
Vim was my first editor before switching to emacs, thanks to him for making such a great software
Rest in peace. He did good work and I hope he found solace in the fact that his legacy will live on after him.