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Bram Moolenaar was the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim. @dang can HN put a black banner for Bram Moolenaa
by codetrotter 3y ago
Bram Moolenaar was the original author, maintainer, release manager, and benevolent dictator for life of Vim.
@dang can HN put a black banner for Bram Moolenaar please?
- CodeCompost 3y ago+1
- tetha 3y agoI think you mean ^A
- jasoneckert 3y agoThis is the only vi-able action IMO.
- throwaway290 3y agoPerhaps Dan is more of an Emacs guy.
- b33j0r 3y agoThe only problem is, some users will then be unable to exit, stuck in macro recording mode for eternity. Just as Bram would want :)
- cellover 3y agoHow do I exit this thread? Thank you Sir Moolenaar for this journey.
- raverbashing 3y agoDefinitely deserves a black bar. VIM is definitely is one of those thin tiles that keep Open Source together :wq and RIP
- 1f60c 3y agoIt seems unthinkable that Dang will not bestow this honor upon him. Given that it's currently early Saturday morning, we just have to wait.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- aestetix 3y agoThis absolutely deserves a black bar.<ESC>:wq
- PartiallyTyped 3y ago:x
- PartiallyTyped 3y agoDo people really not know :x == :wq ???
- upon_drumhead 3y agoTIL
- hashtag-til 3y agoHi
- lucky_cloud 3y agoThey're not equivalent. :w will touch the file (update mtime) whether you've made changes or not :x will only update mtime if the file contents are actually changed
- myth2018 3y agoThey are similar, but I stick to :wq. I fear mixing up :x with :X. Would probably catch the mistake when being asked to type the encryption key, but anyway
- pxc 3y ago> Would probably catch the mistake when being asked to type the encryption key, but anyway Can confirm. I have accidentally typed :X many times, but have never accidentally encrypted a file
- ach9l 3y agoBlack bar please! :wq
- BearOso 3y agoI think you mean: iPlease![ESC]Vx1000000p
- chromoblob 3y agoI'm sure you meant 1000000iPlease!<Esc>
- BearOso 3y agoI did, but that took a lot longer to process on my computer for some reason.
- ekianjo 3y ago[flagged]
- Scubabear68 3y agoSame. Variations of Vim have been my go to editor for many decades now. Stellar achievement.
- tempodox 3y agoI support this request. :x
- n0on3 3y ago+1
- minedwiz 3y agoAnother black bar +1. If anyone deserves it, it’s got to be the author of a critical part of my daily workflow for over 10 years.
- rayiner 3y agoA vote.
- techdragon 3y agoThis feels monumental… can we get the black bar for the entire weekend. This is the passing of someone that has fundamentally touched the lives of so many programmers… his work is now part of our very folklore, we make vim jokes, we emulate it in other tools, even the “enemy” (eMacs) eventually added evil mode (mind my humour it has sharp edges)… vim is mentioned in science fiction and has survived the journey from Unix to a plethora of other operating systems… He will be missed.
- petecooper 3y ago>@dang The email address I've used in the past has been responded to promptly, that's probably more effective than an @ mention: hn@ycombinator.com
- arp242 3y ago@-mentions don't do anything. Email is the only reliable way to contact dang.
- adolph 3y ago:! !!
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- badosu 3y ago^A
- throwawaynew 3y agoNot to sound bitter, but should we assume that dang does not consider the creator of vim to be worthy of a black banner? I keep forgetting that this site, despite having hacker in its name, is not really about hacking. Anyways, I hope Bram Moolenaar finds peace.
- arp242 3y agoOr we could assume that dang is not awake 24/7, and does not have a neural interface to everything that happens on HN and in the world, and actually does other things with his life than moderate HN. In short: he's such a lazy git with zero work ethnic.