Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

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: 23
  • Position: #2667 / 7271
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add text at some column - 144 entries

Complete golang struct statement.

  • Best score: 31
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #40 / 54
  • Number of attempts: 1
One number per line - 18378 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1485 / 3788
  • Number of attempts: 8
Quote modules - 1015 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #180 / 258
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 819 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #53 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 12
Quote modules (ver.2) - 194 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #33 / 50
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10539 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1101 / 2988
  • Number of attempts: 7
Bad Copy Syntax - 1938 entries

Copy should be from right to left, but sometimes you type it wrong.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #326 / 493
  • Number of attempts: 7
Box it - 7680 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #683 / 1835
  • Number of attempts: 7

Contributed Challenges

Quote modules (ver.2) - 194 entries

Complete golang import statement.

Quote modules - 1015 entries

Complete golang import statement.

Add text at some column - 144 entries

Complete golang struct statement.

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