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

Rural Post - 4460 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #339 / 1092
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33571 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: #2242 / 7405
  • Number of attempts: 4
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6297 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #644 / 1534
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18709 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1322 / 3856
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10845 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #631 / 3060
  • Number of attempts: 7
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