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 [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

swap number pairs - 1838 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #135 / 340
  • Number of attempts: 4
Rural Post - 4231 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #400 / 1041
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33100 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3064 / 7301
  • Number of attempts: 7
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6096 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #693 / 1489
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10716 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1696 / 3022
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7725 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #1645 / 1844
  • Number of attempts: 2
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