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 - 1475 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 79
  • Position: #279 / 285
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rural Post - 4105 entries

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

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #959 / 1015
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 32910 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: 39
  • Position: #6929 / 7271
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 5959 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1326 / 1463
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18378 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #3673 / 3788
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10539 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #2815 / 2988
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7680 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #1561 / 1835
  • Number of attempts: 5
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