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 508fe9f57acca60002000037

Stairs Indenting

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View Diff

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Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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198 active golfers, 478 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - Justin Love / @wondible

11/25/2012 at 10:26PM

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#32 - Drew Neil / @nelstrom

11/27/2012 at 12:07AM

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#33 - mattgibb / @mattgibb

11/27/2012 at 08:49PM

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#34 - Jordan Eldredge / @captbaritone

12/01/2012 at 07:32AM

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#35 - Kerson Hsiao / @KersonHsiao

01/03/2013 at 04:31AM

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#36 - Joel Elkins / @dice_tea

03/05/2013 at 06:13AM

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#37 - Trevor Powell / @DoomedBunnies

03/20/2013 at 11:18PM

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#38 - Shoop Da Whoop / @ShoopDaWhoop8

06/06/2013 at 08:50PM

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#39 - Bradd Szonye / @bszonye

07/13/2013 at 09:47AM

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#40 - Aaron Bieber / @aaronbieber

07/19/2013 at 11:01PM

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#41 - Raphaël Saunier / @RaphaelSaunier

08/27/2013 at 07:21PM

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#42 - Florian Rathgeber / @frathgeber

08/27/2013 at 07:41PM

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#43 - US Dollar Price / @USDollarPrice

11/04/2013 at 08:58PM

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#44 - Salleyron Julien / @juguul

01/06/2014 at 02:28PM

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#45 - Fake Name / @The_Real_User

01/09/2014 at 03:25AM

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#46 - Jared Meyering / @Jmeyering

03/12/2014 at 06:15PM

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#47 - ZorgroZ / @ZorgroZ

04/12/2014 at 03:00PM

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#48 - Felipe Jaramillo F / @mrfelipe

04/14/2014 at 02:06AM

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#49 - David Shields / @salacio

04/22/2014 at 08:08PM

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#50 - Philipp Aeschbach / @ihbmifqerg

10/10/2014 at 10:31PM

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#51 - Atrament / @Atrament

08/20/2016 at 05:52PM

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#52 - Yann / @yannstad

02/28/2017 at 10:15PM

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#53 - DHM / @DHM29978992

05/08/2018 at 01:38AM

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#54 - Daniël De Koker / @daniel_koker

07/28/2018 at 09:43PM

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#55 - Mihai / @mihaicristiant

03/18/2019 at 11:41AM

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#56 - Daniel Simionato / @weseven

01/27/2020 at 11:09AM

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#57 - livenotbylies / @nicestnisus

01/29/2020 at 01:51AM

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#58 - russellzhaomao / @russellzhaomao

06/05/2022 at 07:58AM

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#59 - Brandon / @Brandon10678836

08/31/2022 at 01:42PM

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#60 - Tim Chase / @gumnos

10/30/2012 at 03:18PM