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".

Looks like we failed bram :(

https://www.binpress.com/vim-creator-bram-moolenaar-interview/

:wq ✊

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

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

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.

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.

RIP. Even this Emacs user uses evil mode these days 🫡

Rest in peace.

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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.

Rest in peace!

:wq 🫡

vim got me started programming recently, love it. Rest well,

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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

:wq brother.

I loved programming exactly when i learned to love vim.

Rest in peace, Bram! Your legacy will continue to live on in us all.

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RIP :(

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:undo

My condolences.

RIP 😔

In this case :wq does not sound right.

I would go with :q! (or :qa!)

Because death always fucks up all your plans.

:(

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Well, damn. What sad news. :(

We all swear to honour you by removing pico / nano from all systems everywhere.

RIP. A legend.

So long and thanks for all the fish

:w !sudo tee %

One of the first things I configure on any new system is an alias for vi to invoke vim.

:(