Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

xrandr outputs and dashes - 730 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: #55 / 227
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: #2785 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 4
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6381 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #603 / 1558
  • Number of attempts: 7
Add semicolons - 10930 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1509 / 3090
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7991 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #768 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7550 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #1232 / 1862
  • Number of attempts: 3
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