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

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6390 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1226 / 1560
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2320 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2911 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #590 / 645
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3896 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 1
Python Hello World! Reformatting - 1022 entries

A novice Python using prints Hello World! and a pro shows him different way. Using vim to get into pro style from novice, win the challenge.

  • Best score: 39
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #353 / 391
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #3925 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5120 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1659 / 1761
  • Number of attempts: 3
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