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Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 5c7b244ae74665000c0598a9

Letterbox

Make a box!

Start file

abcdefg

End file

a b c d e f g
b           f
c           e
d           d
e           c
f           b
g f e d c b a

View Diff

1c1,7
< abcdefg
---
> a b c d e f g
> b           f
> c           e
> d           d
> e           c
> f           b
> g f e d c b a

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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28 active golfers, 145 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

35

#1 - John Braxler / @braxler

03/05/2019 at 08:51PM

35

#2 - 𝚃𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚗 𝚃𝚎𝚢𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚛 / @TitouanT_

03/05/2019 at 09:28PM

35

#3 - Grant / @grant_7788

05/06/2019 at 07:06AM

35

#4 - Miłosz Łakomy / @foobar01123

01/22/2020 at 05:12AM

35

#5 - Peppa Pig / @PeppaPi95550250

07/02/2024 at 08:08AM

41

#6 - Parsa Amini / @ParsaAmini

03/20/2019 at 03:29PM

41

#7 - Lory / @Lory46845742

11/27/2019 at 03:56PM

41

#8 - Luoyb / @Luoyb

11/01/2023 at 05:14AM

41

#9 - nickGPT / @nickandbro

08/24/2024 at 11:18PM

42

#10 - Amado Antonini / @AmadoAntonini

03/14/2019 at 07:41PM

46

#11 - T A / @SirAviles

03/07/2019 at 10:32AM

46

#12 - sjcomp / @sjcomp

03/07/2019 at 07:59PM

46

#13 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

09/30/2021 at 09:03PM

47

#14 - Dan / @dstein64

03/06/2019 at 05:42AM

49

#15 - Roger Stoltz / @rogsto1

03/13/2019 at 10:02PM

50

#16 - tPenguinLTG / @tpenguinltg

04/20/2019 at 07:02AM

51

#17 - BaffaloP 🐃🎨 / @bbaffalopp

03/04/2019 at 01:43PM

51

#18 - Saki Gw / @Sakigw

03/04/2019 at 06:54PM

54

#19 - Smylers / @Smylers2

03/06/2019 at 10:20AM

54

#20 - hodenkobold66 / @hodenkobold66

06/23/2019 at 02:00AM

56

#21 - Mihai / @mihaicristiant

03/12/2019 at 12:28PM

56

#22 - Ivo Blöchliger / @aigledesalpes

08/17/2019 at 10:28AM

58

#23 - Sammit / @somemeatjain

02/05/2022 at 08:07PM

75

#24 - Giacomo Sansone / @pcineverdies

07/02/2024 at 07:06PM

77

#25 - Adam Rajnoha / @krasohled

04/23/2019 at 11:50AM

100

#26 - Dmitry Romanovskiy / @WhereIsMyHause

03/05/2019 at 02:48PM

110

#27 - The Joe / @computerjoe708

03/19/2019 at 07:26AM

159

#28 - zmf_tim / @zmf_tim

03/04/2019 at 09:55PM