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

Sierpinski's Triangle - 110 entries

Build the famous fractal, Sierpinski's Triangle.

  • Best score: 25
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #20 / 29
  • Number of attempts: 8
Dehamlizing - 193 entries

Change this piece of HAML code back into erb

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #16 / 73
  • Number of attempts: 5
SFD-ROC: ASCII Logo Border - 98 entries

Draw a border around this familiar logo ;)

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #19 / 34
  • Number of attempts: 3
Create an alphabet diamond - 112 entries

Here's a brain teaser to keep things interesting...

  • Best score: 37
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #22 / 33
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #127 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 6
Get rid of html tags - 463 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #240 / 261
  • Number of attempts: 2
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 4044 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #326 / 862
  • Number of attempts: 2
Flodder-challenge - 1500 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #145 / 378
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13626 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1035 / 3902
  • Number of attempts: 7
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7681 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #556 / 1889
  • Number of attempts: 7
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