Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Innocent Monster - 131 entries

You have the tools, just create him!

  • Best score: 60
  • Best player score: 75
  • Position: #18 / 40
  • Number of attempts: 3
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1348 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #344 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 3
Java to JavaScript - 216 entries

Let convert some simple Java file to JavaScript!

  • Best score: 59
  • Best player score: 102
  • Position: #47 / 57
  • Number of attempts: 3
hello-world-vimgolf - 1986 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #124 / 565
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fill in the chess board - 737 entries

Fill in the name of each square using its file (a-h) and rank (1-8).

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 52
  • Position: #123 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 1
CSV to MD format - 330 entries

To convert a CSV list to Markdown list

  • Best score: 36
  • Best player score: 99
  • Position: #60 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 2
Python dataclasses - 796 entries

Simple challenge to extract fields from a Python class

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #73 / 204
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33136 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
  • Position: #1276 / 7308
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18497 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1762 / 3815
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11289 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2592 / 4144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7643 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1301 / 2072
  • Number of attempts: 4
Collect List - 4212 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #574 / 1176
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 15852 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3220 / 4136
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 11897 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2880 / 3482
  • Number of attempts: 2
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