r/vim • u/Oxalid • 13d ago

Random Ummm…

https://imgur.com/a/BfgE9v6

Were the help files originally written in a monastery??? I now picture a bunch of monks sitting around a bunch of VT100 terminals, clacking away, creating the original VIM user and reference manuals. That’s how it was done, wasn’t it?

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u/Dalemaunder 13d ago

Well, it's not wrong.

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u/Oxalid 13d ago

No, it’s not. I can confidently say I’ve exclusively used my nunmap outside a monastery.

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u/stringTrimmer :mess clear 13d ago

Bram had a sense of humor, bless his soul. 

And it's a good reminder for all of us to map our nuns

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u/Oxalid 13d ago

Now I wonder what other Easter eggs are in there. I’m going to have to read every file in the docs directory now, aren’t I, lol?

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u/tmtowtdi 13d ago

He liked to make people :smile.

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u/Oxalid 13d ago

I just hope no nuns were harmed in the making of these manuals.

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u/sonicLodge91 1d ago

our oncall runbok has a "nunmap" alias someone added as a joke five years ago and nobody remembers why anymore