VimGolf22918 active golfers, 242005 entries, 397 challenges
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simple format - 579 entries
make it look better.
Simple, Practical, and Common - 21186 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.
Applying same text modification in several lines - 749 entries
Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.
One number per line - 10466 entries
Just give me the numbers.
unknown command - 49 entries
I want change 5 words
Com(m)a Trouble - 672 entries
Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?
Swap values inside brackets - 851 entries
Easy challenge.
I forgot quotes - 10170 entries
Oops.
Just the middle - 8493 entries
Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.
Words in parens - 10364 entries
We should all ace this, right?
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9081 entries
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !
Simple format (2) - 97 entries
try again!
Vice versa - 5376 entries
Little role switching.
convert yml into java pojo field - 471 entries
How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file
Simple text editing with Vim - 9925 entries
Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first
Team names - 1227 entries
The team names are misspelled.
Swap values - 3154 entries
Well, swap the values...
Basic renumbering - 4143 entries
Renumbering Basic.
simple format (3) - 30 entries
reverse two column values!
Collect List - 3164 entries
Convert to comma separated list.
Array transposition - 1276 entries
Transpose two arrays into one.
V to the i - 3561 entries
Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.
Every other line - 1806 entries
AaAaAaA
Preferably without multi-cursor plugin - 162 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/
Copy three lines - 1709 entries
If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.
multiple cursor alternative - 892 entries
from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 5356 entries
A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.
From argument to object - 1008 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?
Split line with dots - 1715 entries
This line is too long, split it.
switch variable - 4095 entries
how fast can you switch two variable ?
-a-b-c- - 2368 entries
Put hyphens everywhere.
attr_aligner - 2794 entries
Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.
Swap the operands under comparison - 172 entries
Swap the operands under comparison to prevent null pointer exception (at least in java)
quotes inside quotes - 2647 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 :)
Search and Replace 0 - 3841 entries
Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.
Learn some german verbs - 326 entries
The list needs to be structured so we can print in verbatim and feel ok about how it looks.
Array Transposition - 120 entries
Transpose four arrays into two.
That hyphen - 1859 entries
"vim vi improved"
Missing Library and a Typo - 597 entries
I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.
Adam's challenge - 639 entries
Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.
comment and uncomment code inline - 627 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.
Extract argument from function - 1816 entries
The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 668 entries
Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.
Don't know what this is - 1606 entries
Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.
Number Sort - 195 entries
sort the list of newline-separated numbers incrementally. Numbers are in the range 1 to 1000, with 500 missing
replacing each line of a block selection - 2397 entries
replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts
Order and join - 695 entries
There's something special about the input order.
Space out the alphabet - 1274 entries
Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.
Vertical Limit - 2031 entries
transform a succession of one word lines to a an array of strings
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 2508 entries
Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.