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

swap number pairs - 2125 entries

Swap the numbers in a bunch of 2-element arrays.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 49
  • Position: #350 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 2
Rural Post - 4563 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #187 / 1113
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 31
  • Position: #5731 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10891 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2624 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 1
fib.c cleanup - 71 entries

cleanup the file

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #55 / 56
  • Number of attempts: 1
abcd > a b c d - 298 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #219 / 227
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13092 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #3601 / 3765
  • Number of attempts: 3
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