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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1317 / 1630
  • Number of attempts: 1
Insert a Markdown link - 450 entries

Put a link in a markdown document, using the after-the-paragraph format.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #137 / 149
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1057 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #632 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 1
Ruby 1.9 compat - 634 entries

Remember when Ruby supported `when <expr> :`? Well, it doesn't in 1.9, so let's make sure we use `then`, without ruining our lovely new hash syntax!

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #219 / 235
  • Number of attempts: 1
Reverse Simple Deletion - 854 entries

You did the simple deletion, now reverse it.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #393 / 460
  • Number of attempts: 1
Increment, increment, increment.... - 692 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #176 / 410
  • Number of attempts: 1
Indentation - 550 entries

Indent each line according to the right number of spaces it needs.

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #115 / 180
  • Number of attempts: 1
Almost encrypted - 204 entries

Convert the first paragraph to be even less readable.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #48 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make Fancy Header - 1059 entries

Make the header text stand out with surrounding asterisks

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #254 / 345
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12971 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3156 / 3733
  • Number of attempts: 1
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