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

xrandr outputs and dashes - 753 entries

uh oh, different video drivers identify display outputs with more dashes. Quick, need to change this xrandr script!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #20 / 229
  • Number of attempts: 7
From a Thunderlink to a Markdown link - 797 entries

ThunderLinks are durable hyperlinks to specific email messages generated from Thunderbird in HTML format. Leverage the power of vim to make them suitable for a markdown-formatted file.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #13 / 176
  • Number of attempts: 10
Yo To Hello - 1156 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #84 / 537
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 34012 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: #2160 / 7513
  • Number of attempts: 11
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6395 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #184 / 1562
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10956 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #548 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 11
Box it - 8003 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #335 / 1901
  • Number of attempts: 9
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1519 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 3
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