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

swap number pairs - 2173 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #127 / 394
  • Number of attempts: 4
HS Final exam vimgolf - 936 entries

Change the initial file to a single line containing all names comma-separated with numbers inside parentheses.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 57
  • Position: #231 / 245
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rural Post - 4596 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #83 / 1122
  • 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: 29
  • Position: #5004 / 7508
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #2014 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1663 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7999 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1369 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 3
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