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Start coding format - 119 entries
I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }
Context Insensitive completion 1 - 388 entries
Finish writing this simple Python HTTP server.
Insert a Markdown link - 385 entries
Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.
NBCU Weekly Challenge - Test - 215 entries
Just testing.
Reverse and count - 379 entries
Someone typed things upside down and now a Vim ninja needs to reverse the lines and count how many there are.
Sorting database text output - 188 entries
Sometimes it is nice to be able to quickly take column-formatted text output from the SQL command line and turn it into a list of useful data. In this case we want a unique, sorted list of the values from the second column combined into one comma-separated list. What is the fewest strokes you can do this in?
underscore_to_camelCase - 137 entries
Pointy haired boss decided we need to switch to camelCase. Let's get this over with.
JS notation to Immutable.js notation - 143 entries
Now Immutable.js made its way into many frontends. This challenge consists of a typical refactoring that many of us are facing now.
Hatsuyume - 363 entries
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatsuyume
Vim's not included features - 157 entries
Filter not included (-) features in a hypothetical installation of vim.
Rotating Philosophers Problem - 354 entries
Can you help the philosophers find a good place to sit before they get five forks and spaghetti?
Sort the VimGolf challenges by popularity - 257 entries
"Sort by popularity" is a good order to play the challenges. Not perfect, but you could do a lot worse. ;) Input is a sample copy-pasted from vimgolf.com. Some of the challenge names have digits that will get in your way, so read ":help :sort" for hints on sorting with a regex. When you're done, try your solution on the full list!
Array of characters - 114 entries
We all copy paste things off the internet, but the syntax doesn't look right. Fix it as fast as possible.
A grid of punctuation - 112 entries
Create a checkerboard of = and - in an 80×24 grid!
Sort entries based on date - 304 entries
Sort some entries in a Ledger-file based on date.
Change your calendar - 255 entries
Happy New Year!
Restore order to the alphabet - 153 entries
The numbers are OK. The letters are wonky.
Neither Fizz nor Buzz - 191 entries
Not your regular increment macro! The gaps are tricky.
learn vim in short time - 179 entries
so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome
Refactor static member invocation - 180 entries
Someone used a static method. Refactor the method into a static import while fixing the assertion.
Table Reshuffle - 325 entries
Fix the column order in this table... also append the new 'username' column.
Reformat long lines - 316 entries
Rearrange this ruby method call to put each parameter on its own line. Could become a useful macro.
abcd > a b c d - 240 entries
transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line
Shift down - 168 entries
Number words are back.
Change attribute to getter - 85 entries
Wrap attributes with a getter method.
Get rid of html tags - 311 entries
Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...
remove all lines in first part - 148 entries
From the second part, remove all lines in the first part. It can be useful when you have done something from a long list, you want to know what is not done yet!
Wget failed to download redirections - 158 entries
Output of a wget session, where 302 where not properly handled due to certificate problems, has been saved to a file. Keep the correct URLs to start again downloading.
Free hyphen! - 112 entries
Just like "Inner hyphens", but I'm giving you a free hyphen to play with. Will your solution be any different?
The holy-grail may help - 298 entries
Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?
Inner hyphens - 111 entries
Yet another hyphen challenge. Adding 5 hyphens to a file shouldn't be too hard.
Suffix sort - 165 entries
Sort from the end of the line, as if the letters in each line were reversed.
Readable Rubyhash - 227 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!
Create Leading Zeros - 192 entries
Create leading zeros only for id columns. Please use generic approach!
Enumerate words - 219 entries
Enumerate the unique words in order.
Number an outline - 199 entries
The indent and words are right, but the numbers are all wrong.
create arrows in a list - 63 entries
Add arrow at same distance
Compile C - 275 entries
You might have to get clever to do this one.
Alphabetize the directory - 252 entries
Put the contacts and their information in alphabetical order.
Deleting folded text - 274 entries
The text below contains three folds. Delete them (and the text inside them). For example: 123 456 /*{{{*/ 789 /*}}}*/ 012 Should become: 123 012 Also, add `aoeuaoeu` to make sure small solutions don't get flagged as cheating.
Extract HTML option values from tag values - 73 entries
Generate HTML option values from the text in the option tag. If the text contains multiple words, replace the spaces with an underscore and convert all capital letters to small letters.
increment by column in XML - 138 entries
modify an arbitrary "column" in an xml table by incrementing a an arbitrary placeholder string
Sorting a glossary - 100 entries
Sort a glossary. Glossary head contains a header phrase ending with ':' and glossary body has multi line text indented with a tab.
Prime Numbers - 263 entries
List the first 100 prime numbers.
Word frequency alignment - 197 entries
You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...
Subtraction - 147 entries
Solve the equations.
Format java properties - 63 entries
Format java properties to a different format. The value which is the string following the first '=' cannot & should not change. All periods in the key get replaced with an underscore "_" and get a prefix of "b_".
Interleave lines - 125 entries
This is some kind of « paste -d'\n' c b a ». There are many ways to achieve this.. just find the shortest!
Top X - 177 entries
The End File is the Top 10 Vimgolf Leaderboard at June 29, 2013. This is a second version, with a great contribution of @udioica. X is ten in Roman,a numeric system in ancient Rome
Change name of a variable - 143 entries
Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.