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 - 70 entries

Draw a border around this familiar logo ;)

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #12 / 30
  • Number of attempts: 6
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1569 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: #317 / 437
  • Number of attempts: 2
Exchanging Quotes - 820 entries

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

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #79 / 224
  • Number of attempts: 3
Sort and add attributes - 1321 entries

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

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #311 / 527
  • Number of attempts: 4
Flodder-challenge - 1086 entries

Replace the text the most efficient and win!

  • Best score: 27
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #135 / 305
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 12232 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #966 / 3567
  • Number of attempts: 4
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 6511 entries

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

  • Best score: 32
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #336 / 1602
  • 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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