VimGolf23765 active golfers, 256635 entries, 415 challenges
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Box it - 598 entries
Create a box around a line.
Simple, Practical, and Common - 22710 entries
Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.
Cool or not? - 195 entries
abc trying to be cool or not...
simple format - 1746 entries
make it look better.
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 934 entries
easy stuff
One number per line - 11373 entries
Just give me the numbers.
One to Ten - 492 entries
Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2
Applying same text modification in several lines - 1244 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
Increment each number - 255 entries
Increment each number individually by one
I forgot quotes - 10848 entries
Oops.
Com(m)a Trouble - 1086 entries
Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?
Just the middle - 8769 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
Swap values inside brackets - 1181 entries
Easy challenge.
Words in parens - 10633 entries
We should all ace this, right?
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9278 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
Delete to the end of the current line - 320 entries
Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.
Vice versa - 5613 entries
Little role switching.
move titles next to url, in quotes - 190 entries
had trouble with something similar
Kolakoski sequence -- level 1 - 33 entries
Generate the Kolakoski sequence as described by its first 75 terms.
Change part of a function name in multiple occurrences - 305 entries
Change the middle part of the function name in multiple places, preferably using the next and dot commands.
Put the months in order - 261 entries
Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.
Simple text editing with Vim - 10126 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
Build a six - 126 entries
Just enjoy building "a" floors...
Letterbox - 55 entries
Make a box!
Swap values - 3313 entries
Well, swap the values...
Basic renumbering - 4380 entries
Renumbering Basic.
Team names - 1333 entries
The team names are misspelled.
convert yml into java pojo field - 575 entries
How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file
Collect List - 3303 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
Array transposition - 1414 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
V to the i - 3689 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
Every other line - 1937 entries
AaAaAaA
Copy three lines - 1855 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
Flip the bit - 51 entries
Change the specific 0 to a 1.
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 5391 entries
A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.
multiple cursor alternative - 975 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
Split line with dots - 1747 entries
This line is too long, split it.
switch variable - 4189 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
From argument to object - 1026 entries
This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?
-a-b-c- - 2474 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
attr_aligner - 2847 entries
Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.
Simple format (2) - 164 entries
try again!
Search and Replace 0 - 3921 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
quotes inside quotes - 2684 entries
taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)
That hyphen - 1992 entries
"vim vi improved"
The D a n k Side of the Moon - 27 entries
You're making a vaporwave cover of The Dark Side of the Moon. So for the tracklisting, you want to: 1. Change the track names to v a p o r c a s e 2. Double the track lengths (since you're slowing them down). Well... let's just double the minutes.
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 214 entries
Originally asked as question on reddit by kpthunder: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/9fvsro/what_is_the_most_efficient_way_to_go_about/
Extract argument from function - 1928 entries
The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.
comment and uncomment code inline - 721 entries
It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.
Learn some german verbs - 371 entries
The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.