▲ 982 ▼ RIP Bram Moolenaar, the author of vim text editor (groups.google.com) submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by VulcanSphere@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments Here is a message from his family
[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 90 points 3 years ago (2 children) :%s/is/was/g :wq :( permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 28 points 3 years ago* (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 9 points 3 years ago Oh ya me too! It's so easy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago* I've worked in a few places that were full of Linux nerds (including my current job). We totally use sed style replacements and joke about vim escape keys (especially the classic :q). So you just need nerdier friends (as in ramped up to 11). permalink fedilink source parent [–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically, that is not vim specific, conning from sed and ed, but definitely worked in vim as well as all vi clones permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chinpokomon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago This is why it works so well. It's also one of the reasons I prefer vi over other text editors. It isn't always the most logical which commands and keys do what, but I like the consistency. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Bookmeat@lemmy.world 28 points 3 years ago* (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 9 points 3 years ago Oh ya me too! It's so easy. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago* I've worked in a few places that were full of Linux nerds (including my current job). We totally use sed style replacements and joke about vim escape keys (especially the classic :q). So you just need nerdier friends (as in ramped up to 11). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kool_newt@lemm.ee 9 points 3 years ago Oh ya me too! It's so easy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CoderKat@lemm.ee 5 points 3 years ago* I've worked in a few places that were full of Linux nerds (including my current job). We totally use sed style replacements and joke about vim escape keys (especially the classic :q). So you just need nerdier friends (as in ramped up to 11). permalink fedilink source parent
[–] twistypencil@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) Technically, that is not vim specific, conning from sed and ed, but definitely worked in vim as well as all vi clones permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chinpokomon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago This is why it works so well. It's also one of the reasons I prefer vi over other text editors. It isn't always the most logical which commands and keys do what, but I like the consistency. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chinpokomon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago This is why it works so well. It's also one of the reasons I prefer vi over other text editors. It isn't always the most logical which commands and keys do what, but I like the consistency. permalink fedilink source parent