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Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens 12101111, Kangnakamuyi, black egg _ sky, cherish red clothes, ysl, lonely snail, Dun Xuan, kkkkkkkkkayd, soft media user 2150416, cat old black, IT_TI, r3inb, WaterHome clue delivery! CTOnews.com, August 6 (Xinhua)-- Bram Moolenaar, creator, maintainer and lifelong leader of Vim, died of illness on August 3, 2023 at the age of 62. His family announced the sad news on Vim-announce Google Group.

Vim is a popular text editor for programmers and text editors, known for its powerful features and flexible customization.

Moolenaar is a Dutch software engineer who started developing the Vim editor in 1991. As an improved version of the popular Vi editor on Unix systems, Vim is short for Vi Improved (improved Vi). Moolenaar designed the Vim editor as a Charityware (charity software), which allows users to use and copy the Vim editor for free, but encourages users to donate to poor children in Uganda. Moolenaar is also the founder and chairman of the Uganda Children's Care Foundation (ICCF).

Moolenaar enjoys a high reputation in the Vim community, not only contributing a lot of code and creativity to the Vim editor, but also providing guidance and support to the Vim community. CTOnews.com notes that he also gives lectures and interviews at various technical meetings and events, and until a month ago he was submitting code for the Vim editor.

The Vim community was saddened and shocked by Moolenaar's death. Many Vim users and contributors have expressed their respect and memory for Moolenaar on social media. Christian Brabandt, a longtime contributor to Vim, wrote on his blog: "Bram is a great leader of the Vim community. I started working with Vim nearly 20 years ago, and I have enjoyed working with him over the past few years. Bram inspired me to build a great community, to help Ugandan children and to be my mentor, and now he left too early. We have lost a great leader, and I regret that I have never met him in person. But for all community members: I will continue to work hard, and I hope all other contributors can also maintain a good working condition. I have access to Vim's home page and organization (not sure if I have all the permissions, but I believe we will work out these details in the near future. (I hope we can make his Vim develop successfully together. "

The Vim editor is still one of the most popular and popular text editors in the world, with millions of users and thousands of contributors. The Vim editor is not only a software, but also a culture and philosophy. The spirit of Moolenaar will always inspire the Vim community to move forward.

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