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RIP Bram Moolenaar, the author of vim text editor(groups.google.com)

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markstos@lemmy.world
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Na, it’s just that a memorial post is a time to pause the editor wars, if only for a moment, and pay respect.

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havokdj@lemmy.world
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Nah I’ll pass on that, nano feels dirty.

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sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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I’m rarely as frustrated as when something opens with nano when I’m expecting Vim.

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
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ed is the standard text editor.

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Panja@lemmy.world
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I mean it was on a response with a link detailing the single threaded nature of vim development… I don’t think it was inappropriate

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