6 Aug
2023
6 Aug
'23
2:08 a.m.
I do not know whether it is right, and i am surely not the right
person to mourn in public, but i wanted to forward this.
I only spoke to him once, he mailed me in private, but i could not
help him supporting Uganda, even though i admired what he was
doing, and often looked.
Local capacity building, and (mutual) respect for local culture
and practice, despite all sharp spikes and edges the storm causes
over time, that is surely the way to do it right.
--- Forwarded from Bram Moolenaar <Bram(a)Moolenaar.net> ---
Sender: vim_announce(a)googlegroups.com
To: vim_announce(a)googlegroups.com
Subject: Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar
Message-Id: <20230805121930.4AA8F1C0A68(a)moolenaar.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 13:19:30 +0100 (WEST)
From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram(a)Moolenaar.net>
Reply-To: vim_announce(a)googlegroups.com
List-ID: <vim_announce.googlegroups.com>
Dear all,
It is with a heavy heart that we have to inform you that Bram Moolenaar passed away on 3
August 2023.
Bram was suffering from a medical condition that progressed quickly over the last few
weeks.
Bram dedicated a large part of his life to VIM and he was very proud of the VIM community
that you are all part of.
We as family are now arranging the funeral service of Bram which will take place in The
Netherlands and will be held in the Dutch lanuage. The extact date, time and place are
still to be determined.
Should you wish to attend his funeral then please send a message to funeralbram(a)gmail.com.
This email address can also be used to get in contact with the family regarding other
matters, bearing in the mind the situation we are in right now as family.
With kind regards,
The family of Bram Moolenaar
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--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
6 Aug
6 Aug
6:15 a.m.
I've used vim for a very long time, super grateful for Bram's work. Vim
has all of the usefulness of vi and then tossed in buffers so vi wasn't
worse than emacs, I doubt I've used 10% of the stuff that he added to
vim. For me, it was a portable vi that worked everywhere, faithful
to vi, with buffers. I use it every day, I'm typing this email in it.
He was only 62, so sad.
He will be missed and remembered.
:help iccf
and perhaps donate in his memory, I will.
On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 10:08:14PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote:
I do not know whether it is right, and i am surely not
the right
person to mourn in public, but i wanted to forward this.
I only spoke to him once, he mailed me in private, but i could not
help him supporting Uganda, even though i admired what he was
doing, and often looked.
Local capacity building, and (mutual) respect for local culture
and practice, despite all sharp spikes and edges the storm causes
over time, that is surely the way to do it right.
--- Forwarded from Bram Moolenaar <Bram(a)Moolenaar.net> ---
Sender: vim_announce(a)googlegroups.com
To: vim_announce(a)googlegroups.com
Subject: Message from the family of Bram Moolenaar
Message-Id: <20230805121930.4AA8F1C0A68(a)moolenaar.net>
Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2023 13:19:30 +0100 (WEST)
From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram(a)Moolenaar.net>
Reply-To: vim_announce(a)googlegroups.com
List-ID: <vim_announce.googlegroups.com>
Dear all,
It is with a heavy heart that we have to inform you that Bram Moolenaar passed away on 3
August 2023.
Bram was suffering from a medical condition that progressed quickly over the last few
weeks.
Bram dedicated a large part of his life to VIM and he was very proud of the VIM community
that you are all part of.
We as family are now arranging the funeral service of Bram which will take place in The
Netherlands and will be held in the Dutch lanuage. The extact date, time and place are
still to be determined.
Should you wish to attend his funeral then please send a message to
funeralbram(a)gmail.com. This email address can also be used to get in contact with the
family regarding other matters, bearing in the mind the situation we are in right now as
family.
With kind regards,
The family of Bram Moolenaar
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--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)
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Larry McVoy Retired to fishing http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat
7:42 a.m.
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 8:15 PM Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
I've used vim for a very long time, super grateful for Bram's work. Vim
has all of the usefulness of vi and then tossed in
buffers so vi wasn't
worse than emacs, I doubt I've used 10% of the stuff that he added to
vim.
I doubt if anyone has, with the possible exception of Bram himself. Vim's
UI is the very model of a non-compact interface.
8:03 a.m.
On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 09:42:32PM -0400, John Cowan wrote:
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 8:15???PM Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
I've used vim for a very long time, super grateful for Bram's work. Vim
Not gonna engage. I got a lot of usefulness from vim in the last 30 years,
it's been my editor of choice. I'm grateful for it, it was better than I
could have done.
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Larry McVoy Retired to fishing http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat
has all of the usefulness of vi and then tossed
in buffers so vi wasn't
worse than emacs, I doubt I've used 10% of the stuff that he added to
vim.
I doubt if anyone has, with the possible exception of Bram himself. Vim's
UI is the very model of a non-compact interface. 
7:30 p.m.
On Sunday, August 6, 2023, Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 05, 2023 at 09:42:32PM -0400, John Cowan
wrote:
Bram was using the same computer I did in 1991 -- Amiga, when he released
vim. It is still a powerful platform today, especially for (retro)gaming.
It was the universal editor I used everywhere -- on Amiga, MS-DOS or Unix.
Still using it today on the very same platforms...
Thank you, Bram, and rest in peace.
--Andy
On Sat, Aug 5, 2023 at 8:15???PM Larry McVoy
<lm(a)mcvoy.com> wrote:
I've used vim for a very long time, super grateful for Bram's work. Vim
> has all of the usefulness of vi and then tossed in buffers so vi wasn't
> worse than emacs, I doubt I've used 10% of the stuff that he added to
> vim.
7:34 a.m.
Steffen,
Thanks very much for the note.
The world for me is a greyer place with his passing.
Lots of articles on the ’Net of his passing.
s
On 6 Aug 2023, at 06:08, Steffen Nurpmeso
<steffen(a)sdaoden.eu> wrote:
I do not know whether it is right, and i am surely not the right
person to mourn in public, but i wanted to forward this.
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<https://www.linkedin.com/in/bram-moolenaar-56b5a55/?originalSubdomain=es>
Main author of Vim, the text editor.
I have been working on all kinds of software,
from machine code and assembly, via embedded software
to user interfaces and web applications.
Spending most of my time working on Vim 9 script: faster, better.
Now retired.
Last work i did for Google was modernizing Merchant Center.
Worked on a nice new programming language: Zimbu. Paused for now.
Specialties:
Spell checking algorithms, complex designs, being different.
===========
A Tribute to Bram Moolenaar, The Maestro Behind Vim Code Editor
<https://stackdiary.com/a-tribute-to-bram-moolenaar/>
In a profound loss to the world of computing and software development,
Bram Moolenaar,
the creator of the widely respected Vim code editor, has passed away at the age of 62.
The family announced his passing in a heartfelt Google Groups message on August 5,
revealing a sudden progression of a medical condition that had afflicted him.
===========
Family Announcement
<https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4?pli=1>
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0412 786 915 (+61 412 786 915)
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