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

Fix the shell script! - 2661 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #382 / 618
  • Number of attempts: 3
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1277 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #380 / 413
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1069 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #565 / 672
  • Number of attempts: 2
The Cake is a Lie - 1389 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #278 / 538
  • Number of attempts: 5
Flodder-challenge - 1432 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 38
  • Position: #242 / 365
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13343 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2380 / 3830
  • Number of attempts: 6
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