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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196 active golfers, 472 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#151 - ltn614 / @ltn614

09/24/2015 at 09:28AM

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#152 - Daniel Bellenger / @DanielBellenger

10/03/2016 at 06:16PM

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#153 - Rich Cheng / @sedm0784

09/14/2018 at 09:19AM

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#154 - Benjamin / @BenjaminBashar

11/19/2022 at 11:47PM

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#155 - Hugh / @deeoh22

12/09/2022 at 07:47PM

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#156 - JTeo / @JTeosw

11/05/2012 at 05:51PM

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#157 - Einar Lielmanis / @spicausis

11/07/2012 at 04:44PM

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#158 - Jason Wolf / @zephyr_wolf

11/08/2012 at 01:09PM

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#159 - Roland Schatz / @fl_Overmind

12/14/2012 at 12:09PM

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#160 - Evan Shrubsole / @evanshrubsole

04/01/2013 at 03:28PM

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#161 - DOUG BLACK / @dougblackio

04/08/2013 at 02:37PM

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#162 - Hachez Floran / @FloranHachez

09/05/2013 at 09:27AM

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#163 - ._. / @Katharsic

04/24/2022 at 09:22AM

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#164 - Mathias Rav / @iaddquotes

11/13/2012 at 10:49PM

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#165 - Darcy Parker / @DarcyParker

10/31/2012 at 11:46PM

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#166 - Chasetopher / @chasetopherlee

11/02/2012 at 05:38AM

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#167 - Miguel Sánchez / @miguelsr1987

11/07/2012 at 04:11PM

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#168 - Татос Бабаджанян / @snpdevone

11/12/2012 at 10:57AM

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#169 - makala noble / @mnoble01

11/13/2012 at 08:32AM

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#170 - Omer Lachish / @rauchy

11/18/2012 at 07:11AM

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#171 - Jesper Petersson / @PeterssonJesper

11/19/2012 at 01:18PM

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#172 - Garrett / @heygarrett

11/21/2012 at 05:51AM

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#173 - tecnobrat ⚾️👨‍💻 Brian 🥄🇨🇦 / @tecnobrat

11/21/2012 at 05:05PM

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#174 - Ravi S Sinha / @ambidextrousTx

11/26/2012 at 08:47AM

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#175 - Matt Walker / @_walkermatt

11/28/2012 at 06:07PM

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#176 - Nathan / @NathanHarperoni

08/07/2013 at 02:36PM

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#177 - Jacob Branaugh / @jacobbranaugh

06/25/2014 at 09:06PM

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#178 - ajh / @AlexJHammel

12/27/2012 at 03:23PM

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#179 - vg / @vg53210350

10/29/2018 at 06:05PM

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#180 - Olivier Bégassat / @zk_evm

06/15/2023 at 09:16PM