Vim :smile (2005)

[tambourine_man]

https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/86e179dbe75010e9545e1a2fcc92a15d57bf27fd

[cornstalks]

The code prints the following:

                            oooo$$$$$$$$$$$$oooo
                        oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o
                     oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o         o$   $$ o$
     o $ oo        o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o       $$ $$ $$o$
  oo $ $ "$      o$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$o       $$$o$$o$
  "$$$$$$o$     o$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$o    $$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$  """$$$
     "$$$""""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     "$$$
      $$$   o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     "$$$o
     o$$"   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$       $$$o
     $$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" "$$$$$$ooooo$$$$o
    o$$$oooo$$$$$  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$   o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$$"$$$$   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     $$$$""""""""
   """"       $$$$    "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      o$$$
              "$$$o     """$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"$$"         $$$
                $$$o          "$$""$$$$$$""""           o$$$
                 $$$$o                                o$$$"
                  "$$$$o      o$$$$$$o"$$$$o        o$$$$
                    "$$$$$oo     ""$$$$o$$$$$o   o$$$$""
                       ""$$$$$oooo  "$$$o$$$$$$$$$"""
                          ""$$$$$$$oo $$$$$$$$$$
                                  """"$$$$$$$$$$$
                                      $$$$$$$$$$$$
                                       $$$$$$$$$$"
                                        "$$$""""

[hermitdev → cornstalks]

Thanks, I was wondering what this string was doing: static char *code = "\34 \4o\14$\4ox\30 \2o\30$\1ox\25 \2o\36$\1o\11 \1o\1$\3 \2$\1 \1o\1$x\5 \1o\1 \1$\1 \2o\10 \1o\44$\1o\7 \2$\1 \2$\1 \2$\1o\1$x\2 \2o\1 \1$\1 \1$\1 \1\"\1$\6 \1o\11$\4 \15$\4 \11$\1o\7 \3$\1o\2$\1o\1$x\2 \1\"\6$\1o\1$\5 \1o\11$\6 \13$\6 \12$\1o\4 \10$x\4 \7$\4 \13$\6 \13$\6 \27$x\4 \27$\4 \15$\4 \16$\2 \3\"\3$x\5 \1\"\3$\4\"\61$\5 \1\"\3$x\6 \3$\3 \1o\62$\5 \1\"\3$\1ox\5 \1o\2$\1\"\3 \63$\7 \3$\1ox\5 \3$\4 \55$\1\"\1 \1\"\6$\5o\4$\1ox\4 \1o\3$\4o\5$\2 \45$\3 \1o\21$x\4 \10$\1\"\4$\3 \42$\5 \4$\10\"x\3 \4\"\7 \4$\4 \1\"\34$\1\"\6 \1o\3$x\16 \1\"\3$\1o\5 \3\"\22$\1\"\2$\1\"\11 \3$x\20 \3$\1o\12 \1\"\2$\2\"\6$\4\"\13 \1o\3$x\21 \4$\1o\40 \1o\3$\1\"x\22 \1\"\4$\1o\6 \1o\6$\1o\1\"\4$\1o\10 \1o\4$x\24 \1\"\5$\2o\5 \2\"\4$\1o\5$\1o\3 \1o\4$\2\"x\27 \2\"\5$\4o\2 \1\"\3$\1o\11$\3\"x\32 \2\"\7$\2o\1 \12$x\42 \4\"\13$x\46 \14$x\47 \12$\1\"x\50 \1\"\3$\4\"x";

Curious if bram wrote this by hand or used a generator.

[BuuQu9hu → hermitdev]

It isn't an appropriate way to commit this either way.

[otterpro]

I just tried this "easter egg" on the latest version of MacVim. Pretty cool.

It appears also to be a tribute the the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Also, If you search help by typing ":help smile", it says "You found it, Arthur! holy-grail", a reference to Arthur Dent.

Now, if we can only implement this on Emacs...

[ackalker → otterpro]

In the same vein, do try ":help 42" as well... :)

[Gracana]

Is it typical vim style to use a space after # in C files? That seems like a lot of unnecessary churn in the first file.

[edit] Aaand I'm embarrassed about having made the first comment a negative one. D'oh. But, I do like the Cosmic Cutie! Even if Douglas Adams didn't. Funny patch, yes.

[pyre → Gracana]

Just add

  ?w=1

to the Github URL to ignore whitespace.

[mikevb → pyre]

That's not the problem. The problem is the person making the PR projecting their own style choices instead of following the project's. They explicitly changed other contributors' code in a negative (stylistic) way.

[tomjakubowski → mikevb]

Bram is the creator and maintainer of vim and the author of that patch. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/vim_dev/QCj8lIntzCk

The space following the "#" is meant to signify that the preprocessor directive is nested one layer deep. You can see that this style is used in other files, like here: https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/master/src/gui.c#L40-L42

So no, I think this is Bram bringing one file's indentation style in line with the rest of the project.

[Gracana → tomjakubowski]

> The space following the "#" is meant to signify that the preprocessor directive is nested one layer deep.

Ohhh! I really like that idea. I may adopt that, though I tend to avoid most preprocessor usage so I have little opportunity to try it out.

[ntumlin]

The output of the command, for the curious:

                            oooo$$$$$$$$$$$$oooo
                        oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o
                     oo$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o         o$   $$ o$
     o $ oo        o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$o       $$ $$ $$o$
  oo $ $ "$      o$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$o       $$$o$$o$
  "$$$$$$o$     o$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$o    $$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$$      $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$  """$$$
     "$$$""""$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     "$$$
      $$$   o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     "$$$o
     o$$"   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$       $$$o
     $$$    $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$" "$$$$$$ooooo$$$$o
    o$$$oooo$$$$$  $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$   o$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
    $$$$$$$$"$$$$   $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$     $$$$""""""""
   """"       $$$$    "$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"      o$$$
              "$$$o     """$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"$$"         $$$
                $$$o          "$$""$$$$$$""""           o$$$
                 $$$$o                                o$$$"
                  "$$$$o      o$$$$$$o"$$$$o        o$$$$
                    "$$$$$oo     ""$$$$o$$$$$o   o$$$$""
                       ""$$$$$oooo  "$$$o$$$$$$$$$"""
                          ""$$$$$$$oo $$$$$$$$$$
                                  """"$$$$$$$$$$$
                                      $$$$$$$$$$$$
                                       $$$$$$$$$$"
                                        "$$$""""

[kahrkunne]

11 months and no emacs port yet? Preposterous!

I guess it's not needed, Emacs users are already happy :-)

[0xCMP → kahrkunne]

Case in point: we have nyan-mode. </case>

[arebours]

Is it just me that mixing formatting fixes with the functional change itself makes me quiver?

[LongBallLary]

This reminded me of a relevant scene from Curb Your Enthusiasm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_1FbjuJp4E

[kazinator]

Tsk tsk! Commit mixes gratuitous whitespace changes with semantics. Oh, why? You just don't do that.

Come on, "git commit --patch", pick out the changes ...

[xjia → kazinator]

Did you mean "git add --patch"?

[kzrdude → xjia]

A lot of commands know about patch nowadays.

[generic_user]

Sure enough, I just tried it and had a chuckle.

[dorianm]

Having (2015) in the title would be nice :)

[notgood → dorianm]

They put 2005 instead, close enough.

[irl_]

  #!/usr/bin/ex -u
  smile
  quit

Alias all commands to this script for unlimited fun.

(Edit: HN syntax)

[ryenus]

On mobile this is nothing meaningful, could someone please share a screenshot?