Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33586 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: 30
  • Position: #5316 / 7409
  • Number of attempts: 2
Get mail address from outlook format - 647 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #146 / 203
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6304 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #98 / 1536
  • Number of attempts: 13
One number per line - 18711 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1009 / 3858
  • Number of attempts: 9
Quote modules - 1073 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #165 / 280
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 879 entries

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

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #133 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10848 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2139 / 3061
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3574 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #377 / 1158
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7902 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #732 / 1874
  • Number of attempts: 9
I forgot quotes - 15974 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1934 / 4175
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12928 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1087 / 3960
  • Number of attempts: 4
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