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

Indent each line with <line number> whitespaces.

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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!

Check out these helpful resources to improve your Vim skills... Game on.

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176 active golfers, 387 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#91 - Addisu Taddese / @azeey

03/02/2013 at 07:23PM

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#92 - gnobbles / @gnobbles

03/31/2013 at 12:09AM

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#93 - Tyler / @tylerbindon

04/02/2013 at 06:50AM

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#94 - Piotr Śniegowski / @PiotrSniegowski

06/06/2013 at 12:48PM

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#95 - cj / @cj01101

08/08/2013 at 08:19PM

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#96 - Bart of Denver / @bartofdenver

08/13/2013 at 12:29AM

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#97 - Ed Zukowski / @dataoverflow

08/27/2013 at 07:23PM

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#98 - Tim Mower / @timmow

08/27/2013 at 07:58PM

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#99 - James / @Dronak

09/03/2013 at 11:15PM

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#100 - RobertT / @techrt2050

09/10/2013 at 04:12AM

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#101 - isayoldchap / @isayoldchap

09/11/2013 at 06:26AM

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#102 - Stephen Drodge / @sjdrodge

09/19/2013 at 02:39AM

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#103 - brett / @brettyukich

09/21/2013 at 10:19PM

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#104 - Casey Dwyer / @caseydwyer

10/23/2013 at 12:28PM

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#105 - bunnies president / @bunnies4p

10/27/2013 at 10:50PM

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#106 - h2g2guy / @h2g2guy

11/01/2013 at 05:51AM

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#107 - Sam Burk / @smwbk

12/21/2013 at 04:41AM

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#108 - Quota / @Quotad

02/04/2014 at 10:01AM

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#109 - Joonas Pihlajamaa / @jokkebk

02/25/2014 at 11:26AM

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#110 - Thomas GUILLORY / @thomasguillory

03/12/2014 at 06:02PM

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#111 - Endir / @Endir2

04/18/2014 at 01:24PM

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#112 - Patrick Pitoscia / @Patrick03960431

08/20/2014 at 02:35AM

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#113 - Dan Sackett / @dansackett

10/12/2014 at 07:15PM

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#114 - eBrnd / @eBrnd

11/07/2014 at 06:39PM

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#115 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

02/16/2015 at 02:32PM

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#116 - Skúli Jóhannsson / @skulibj

06/28/2015 at 09:15PM

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#117 - Sean Hill / @insecteanSean

10/03/2015 at 06:24AM

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#118 - Will / @obiwan__k3n00bi

08/25/2016 at 03:23AM

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#119 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

08/02/2017 at 04:28PM

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#120 - Paul Schaefer / @schaeferpp

05/24/2019 at 03:10PM