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: 49
  • Position: #355 / 393
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4595 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #187 / 1121
  • Number of attempts: 5
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: 31
  • Position: #5756 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10943 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2637 / 3093
  • Number of attempts: 1
fib.c cleanup - 78 entries

cleanup the file

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #56 / 57
  • Number of attempts: 1
abcd > a b c d - 300 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #221 / 229
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13526 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #3701 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 3
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