Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Insert column data on Confluence-style table - 264 entries

Add ip addresses into new "IP" column based on the last digits from the "Server" column

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #21 / 67
  • Number of attempts: 2
Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string. - 336 entries

Surround the 'z' character with brackets, quotes, and print as formatted string.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #64 / 176
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33240 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: 26
  • Position: #3637 / 7331
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6141 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #865 / 1500
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18559 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3336 / 3830
  • Number of attempts: 2
Quote modules - 1033 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #150 / 266
  • Number of attempts: 5
Aliases for cd - 830 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #86 / 148
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10744 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2240 / 3030
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7782 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1152 / 1853
  • Number of attempts: 4
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