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

Paste a column after a column - 2557 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 104
  • Position: #549 / 558
  • Number of attempts: 1
Many duplicates - 1451 entries

Quick and easy

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #323 / 471
  • Number of attempts: 5
simple replacements - 1802 entries

The goal is to see the replacement commands in action.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #260 / 390
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6353 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #1503 / 1549
  • Number of attempts: 1
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