Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Played Challenges

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6312 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #428 / 1537
  • Number of attempts: 4
Bad Copy Syntax - 2037 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #218 / 525
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 4990 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1554 / 1625
  • Number of attempts: 2
Ruby 1.9 hashes - 1244 entries

Rubyists talk about being cutting edge but how many are using 1.9 in production? Time to convert those verbose 1.8 hashes in to symbolic, succinct 1.9 beauties!

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #391 / 406
  • Number of attempts: 1
A Simple One - 1050 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: 17
  • Position: #657 / 664
  • Number of attempts: 1
Sorting paragraphs - 534 entries

Order the paragraphs correctly, per prefixed index

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 158
  • Position: #161 / 163
  • Number of attempts: 1
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