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.

Start file

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View Diff

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>  1
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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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196 active golfers, 472 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#121 - Dan Sackett / @dansackett

10/12/2014 at 07:15PM

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#122 - eBrnd / @eBrnd

11/07/2014 at 06:39PM

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#123 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

02/16/2015 at 02:32PM

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#124 - Skúli Jóhannsson / @skulibj

06/28/2015 at 09:15PM

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#125 - Sean Hill / @insecteanSean

10/03/2015 at 06:24AM

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#126 - Will / @obiwan__k3n00bi

08/25/2016 at 03:23AM

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#127 - Gurukandhamoorthi / @Gurukandhamoor1

08/02/2017 at 04:28PM

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#128 - Paul Schaefer / @schaeferpp

05/24/2019 at 03:10PM

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#129 - Lory / @Lory46845742

12/18/2019 at 03:47PM

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#130 - Jake Worth / @jwworth

01/29/2020 at 01:22AM

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#131 - Jose Elera / @jelera

01/29/2020 at 01:24AM

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#132 - Ainsley McGrath / @whole_grainsley

01/29/2020 at 01:25AM

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#133 - Chris League / @chrisleague

02/27/2020 at 03:03AM

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#134 - POSIX / @po6ix

01/22/2022 at 03:25PM

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#135 - x03n046 / @x03n046

05/13/2022 at 04:25AM

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#136 - Janzen / @__Coos

09/24/2022 at 12:06PM

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#137 - Qing Liu / @poeminlash

10/17/2022 at 03:36AM

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#138 - Divvy C. / @divvy_c

08/11/2023 at 06:04PM

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#139 - h_east (トロッコ6個) / @h_east

10/30/2012 at 03:59PM

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#140 - Thomas Wickham / @mackwic

11/11/2012 at 06:15PM

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#141 - Ker / @alin_ker

11/18/2012 at 04:22PM

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#142 - David Barnett / @mu_mind

11/25/2012 at 07:07AM

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#143 - Runar / @runarfu

01/12/2013 at 09:04AM

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#144 - Radosław Majewski / @radomaj

01/22/2013 at 04:23PM

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#145 - Woojung Kim 김우중 / @_kimwz

07/13/2013 at 12:45AM

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#146 - Dave Aitken / @actionshrimp

08/27/2013 at 06:48PM

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#147 - David Escribano / @DavidEGx

08/27/2013 at 07:47PM

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#148 - Jeff Klein / @ravioli_jazz

09/09/2013 at 07:18PM

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#149 - Khromenko Andrey / @ttydragon

11/23/2013 at 04:17PM

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#150 - Ram Tamtam / @ramtamtamtam

07/18/2014 at 01:23PM