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

1,10c1,10
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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!

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199 active golfers, 479 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#181 - vg / @vg53210350

10/29/2018 at 06:05PM

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#182 - Olivier Bégassat / @zk_evm

06/15/2023 at 09:16PM

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#183 - Paul Gideon Dann / @giddie

10/31/2012 at 02:10PM

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#184 - Adelar S. Queiróz / @adelarsq

01/31/2013 at 11:08PM

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#185 - Murali Suriar / @msuriar

11/17/2012 at 10:59AM

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#186 - Nicolas Friedli / @NicolasFriedli

10/31/2012 at 09:24PM

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#187 - Raphael / @rnstlr

11/26/2013 at 11:36PM

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#188 - Nicholas Lee-Hone / @NicholasLeeHone

10/13/2014 at 08:12PM

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#189 - Eric Andres / @eric_m_andres

12/07/2012 at 08:54PM

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#190 - shahanavaz m / @shahanavazm

03/28/2024 at 03:41AM

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#191 - Daniel Allen Deutsch / @cmmn_nighthawk

08/24/2016 at 01:10AM

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#192 - Caroline / @carokenworthy

08/24/2016 at 02:06AM

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#193 - bogwonch / @bogwonch

10/30/2012 at 08:03PM

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#194 - potatol33t / @potatol33t

08/12/2022 at 08:06AM

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#195 - patrickmartinasin / @patrickmartinasin

04/30/2025 at 10:38PM

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#196 - Alex Bartol / @alexbartol

05/05/2015 at 09:03PM

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#197 - Max Sherman / @johnislarry

11/12/2012 at 12:22PM

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#198 - Luis Fernando Rodríguez Vargas / @LuisFerRodVar

06/25/2024 at 10:38PM

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#199 - Lim Han / @tagore79

11/04/2012 at 02:19PM