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 - 4351 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #880 / 1066
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33353 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: 62
  • Position: #7325 / 7358
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6201 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1272 / 1514
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18613 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3096 / 3841
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10785 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2311 / 3042
  • Number of attempts: 1
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3528 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #457 / 1142
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11346 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1437 / 4160
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15922 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3366 / 4159
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12848 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2734 / 3943
  • Number of attempts: 3
Alon Samuel
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אוהב ריקודים ולתכנת. עובד בבינה מלאכותית. מהנדס בנשמע :) אוהב לשמוע ולהקשיב לאנשים אחרים כשזה מתאים

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