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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5031 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #764 / 1638
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: 25
  • Position: #79 / 154
  • Number of attempts: 3
Solve the Sokoban - 177 entries

A wink for all Vimgolfers that play Nethack too.

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #41 / 74
  • Number of attempts: 2
Braces or Brackets? - 1109 entries

Someone forgot whether to use braces or brackets and you have to clean up their code!

  • Best score: 34
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #129 / 341
  • Number of attempts: 3
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: #309 / 830
  • Number of attempts: 9
Flodder-challenge - 1416 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #135 / 360
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13274 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3014 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 3
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