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: 12
  • Position: #542 / 1122
  • Number of attempts: 5
Yo To Hello - 1155 entries

Simply Turn Yo To Hello

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #441 / 536
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33982 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: 32
  • Position: #6035 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: 15
  • Position: #991 / 1560
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3131 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1624 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7999 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #973 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3677 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3408 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 4
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