Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: 30
  • Position: #5333 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 2
Get mail address from outlook format - 649 entries

Create a mail list space separated of mail list formatted by outlook

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #147 / 204
  • Number of attempts: 1
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6337 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #98 / 1546
  • Number of attempts: 13
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1011 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 9
Quote modules - 1090 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #167 / 283
  • Number of attempts: 2
Aliases for cd - 879 entries

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

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #133 / 155
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2148 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3604 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #377 / 1169
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #732 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 9
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1938 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1091 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 4
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