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

SFD-ROC: ASCII Logo Border - 90 entries

Draw a border around this familiar logo ;)

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #14 / 33
  • Number of attempts: 6
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1616 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #324 / 447
  • Number of attempts: 2
Exchanging Quotes - 859 entries

Sometimes you need to exchange a choice of quotes in some code.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #81 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort and add attributes - 1499 entries

Sort the states and add the attribute country to each record.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #344 / 581
  • Number of attempts: 4
Flodder-challenge - 1369 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #155 / 352
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13092 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1012 / 3765
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7229 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #351 / 1778
  • Number of attempts: 5
Mats Sigge
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Carbon-based life form with no digital watch. Occasionally hacks Ruby and other fun stuff. Also some Java.

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