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 - 2169 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #344 / 393
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rural Post - 4595 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #840 / 1121
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: 30
  • Position: #5391 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 7
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1197 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10943 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2182 / 3093
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7998 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #1813 / 1898
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5114 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1003 / 1759
  • Number of attempts: 4
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