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 540629666a1e4000020d9e5a

-a-b-c-

Put hyphens everywhere.

Start file

abcdefghijklm

End file

-a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-

View Diff

1c1
< abcdefghijklm
---
> -a-b-c-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-m-

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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Created by: @udioica Tweet

1113 active golfers, 3122 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1081 - Duncan Frost / @NinjaDuncan

03/20/2015 at 11:43AM

22

#1082 - Feras / @faldah

05/01/2016 at 04:04AM

22

#1083 - Justme0_ / @Justme0__

05/31/2016 at 01:39PM

22

#1084 - Zach Miller / @barizachsy

02/27/2019 at 03:48AM

22

#1085 - Josh Braun / @bbraunj

06/29/2019 at 06:07PM

22

#1086 - Marcus Loo / @MarcusLoo1

07/17/2019 at 11:39PM

22

#1087 - Jérémy Caldas / @jeremcs

05/16/2020 at 09:30AM

23

#1088 - benneil / @benneil

12/04/2014 at 05:48PM

23

#1089 - Will Wright / @Will_Wrightwa

01/13/2019 at 05:50AM

23

#1090 - lzh / @ly_zhng

06/14/2020 at 05:04PM

25

#1091 - vimgolfacc / @supergopivimgo1

02/28/2016 at 03:13PM

25

#1092 - Vim Golfer / @VimGolfer6

08/12/2019 at 12:51PM

26

#1093 - Juampy NR / @juampynr

10/22/2014 at 08:59AM

27

#1094 - Jurica / @Jurica34581259

11/16/2018 at 11:21AM

28

#1095 - Random / @Random29985999

11/19/2018 at 04:49AM

28

#1096 - otfsenter / @otfsenter

06/04/2020 at 04:39PM

31

#1097 - Igor Potceluev / @4eppelin

04/02/2015 at 03:22PM

31

#1098 - Bumazhka / @Bumazhka

02/11/2019 at 07:24AM

31

#1099 - Axel Flordal / @AxelFl_

02/26/2019 at 08:10PM

33

#1100 - rajesh shanmugam / @theshanraj

12/03/2014 at 05:38AM

33

#1101 - Joaquin Coronel / @cantstoptheguac

02/03/2017 at 03:38PM

33

#1102 - Eric Klawitter / @eric_klaw

01/27/2019 at 10:27PM

35

#1103 - Taylor Brooks / @taylorbrooks

09/05/2014 at 08:37PM

35

#1104 - Nick Johnstone / @widdnz

09/24/2014 at 04:41AM

37

#1105 - Bruce Park / @bpark0

12/22/2014 at 07:22AM

38

#1106 - Arnaldo Tayao Jr. / @dodong

09/05/2014 at 02:01PM

39

#1107 - 강현 / @Applesquiz

01/28/2019 at 01:14PM

39

#1108 - MGJoe93 / @mgjoe93

03/06/2019 at 01:29PM

40

#1109 - Akshay Joshi / @joshiaks91

10/20/2015 at 06:53PM

49

#1110 - Anil Narayan / @AnilNarayan2013

09/10/2020 at 03:13AM