Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Replace pattern with 1, 2, 3, ... on each line - 1151 entries

For each line replace a search pattern (in this case $) with numbers starting at 1 and then increasing by 1 for each replaced match. a$b$c$ -> a0b1c2

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #67 / 233
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33868 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: 23
  • Position: #2769 / 7475
  • Number of attempts: 4
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6366 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #957 / 1555
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2287 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1901 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #776 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #1110 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3884 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 2
learn vim in short time - 242 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #111 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 1
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