Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

HS Final exam vimgolf - 186 entries

Change the initial file to a single line containing all names comma-separated with numbers inside parentheses.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 8
Yo To Hello - 758 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 5144 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 10
Add semicolons - 9585 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7260 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 31
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2336 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Number of attempts: 3
Every other line - 2718 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 17686 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple, Practical, and Common - 32042 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.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 10905 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15279 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Number of attempts: 7
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