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

Reorganize Pokémon - 772 entries

Change the format of the each line and sort alphabetically.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #57 / 214
  • Number of attempts: 7
Change readonly files - 99 entries

Try to write a file that was marked as read-only.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #5 / 29
  • Number of attempts: 7
Remove adjacent duplicates - 666 entries

Try to find a way to remove adjacent duplicate letters.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #103 / 167
  • Number of attempts: 4
Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 106 entries

Not as easy as the last challenge. This time, just one space between a and b, up to 25 spaces between y and z. (Removed some lines; diff was too long.)

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #30 / 47
  • Number of attempts: 2
lamb had a little Mary - 641 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #70 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 8
Shebangs for all - 2062 entries

We've all seen or used a shebang once or twice. Ditch the specific paths and leave just a dynamic Ruby and Python bath behind.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #76 / 525
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2055 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 6
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7513 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #979 / 1849
  • Number of attempts: 9
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