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

Turn the x - 284 entries

Turn the x to a +

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #46 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4285 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #512 / 1051
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add quotes to ansible playbook - 852 entries

You created an ansible playbook, but forgot to add quotes. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #196 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 4
Yo To Hello - 1091 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #168 / 503
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33236 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: #2205 / 7330
  • 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: 16
  • Position: #1018 / 1500
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18559 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1530 / 3830
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values inside brackets - 2443 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #262 / 566
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10744 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1880 / 3030
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7782 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #931 / 1853
  • Number of attempts: 5
Every other line - 2869 entries

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  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #362 / 695
  • Number of attempts: 4

Contributed Challenges

Rural Post - 4285 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

Turn the x - 284 entries

Turn the x to a +

Chris Thompson
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Web developer, vim enthusiast and occasional musician

entered into 11 challenges

contributed 2 challenges