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]

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HS exam question - 1596 entries

Convert the data to a python dictionary

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 75
  • Position: #237 / 418
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat symbols in list - 1635 entries

Saw this in some lecture, easy reformatting using multiple cursor in VS Code

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #9 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 8
Many duplicates - 1459 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #141 / 476
  • Number of attempts: 1
2 quick changes and a numbered list - 648 entries

The ascii will not be lost, but rather numbered in 4 digit blocks with leading zeros.

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #93 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 1
Put a newline after every 10 lines in vim - 1664 entries

Goal is to put a newline after every 10 lines in vim.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #227 / 559
  • Number of attempts: 2
hello-world-vimgolf - 2506 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #402 / 713
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33787 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: 22
  • Position: #2360 / 7454
  • Number of attempts: 14
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