Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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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: 22
  • Position: #2076 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 10
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: 14
  • Position: #851 / 1546
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18755 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #610 / 3870
  • Number of attempts: 11
Add semicolons - 10881 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #431 / 3072
  • Number of attempts: 3
Bad Copy Syntax - 2044 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #175 / 530
  • Number of attempts: 8
Box it - 7916 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #286 / 1881
  • Number of attempts: 7
Prefixes and suffixes - 635 entries

Generate all prefixes of "vimchallenge", then all suffixes.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #20 / 201
  • Number of attempts: 6
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