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

Rural Post - 4579 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #369 / 1117
  • Number of attempts: 6
Yo To Hello - 1154 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #415 / 535
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33910 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: 27
  • Position: #4061 / 7486
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6375 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #836 / 1556
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10918 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1613 / 3086
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7975 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #1281 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16106 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2003 / 4206
  • Number of attempts: 1
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