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

imports alignment (python) - 700 entries

Align as one import per line.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #134 / 198
  • Number of attempts: 2
It'ss tooo coold too typpe todaay - 230 entries

My hands are numb with cold. It's hard to type correctly.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #39 / 99
  • Number of attempts: 2
Before there was Farmville... - 101 entries

There was old MacDonald. For my toddler. The first Vim sing-a-long?

  • Best score: 156
  • Best player score: 234
  • Position: #36 / 49
  • Number of attempts: 1
expand a list comprehension (python) - 334 entries

Please show your way to convert a list comprehension in python to an ordinary for-loop expression!

  • Best score: 42
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #74 / 110
  • Number of attempts: 1
Insert a Markdown link - 465 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #96 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1940 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #558 / 656
  • Number of attempts: 1
The holy-grail may help - 389 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #47 / 215
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1067 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #134 / 671
  • Number of attempts: 1
Round Round - 321 entries

Round Round

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 76
  • Position: #56 / 88
  • Number of attempts: 1
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3879 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #268 / 830
  • Number of attempts: 4
Flodder-challenge - 1416 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #149 / 360
  • Number of attempts: 3
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