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 - 4596 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #928 / 1122
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6390 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1153 / 1560
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7999 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #1203 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3237 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1096 / 1145
  • Number of attempts: 2
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