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A Solution to the VimGolf in Emacs Riff

Recall that the last VimGolf in Emacs challenge was to convert abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz to a b … Continue reading

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A Riff on the Last VimGolf in Emacs Challenge

Here’s a small variation on the last VimGolf in Emacs challenge. Given abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz transform it … Continue reading

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Another VimGolf in Emacs Challenge

Here’s another VimGolf in Emacs from a recent challenge on the VimGolf site. Your task is to replace the blanks between the letters with 4 blanks and to do it for each line. Here’s the starting file a b c … Continue reading

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Let’s Play VimGolf

Or VimGolf in Emacs anyway. Over at Life seen through a coder’s eyes, Yassine Chaouche poses the following problem. Starting with an Emacs buffer containing only [[Image(grep_1.png)]] end up with [[Image(grep_1.png)]] [[Image(grep_2.png)]] [[Image(grep_3.png)]] [[Image(grep_4.png)]] [[Image(grep_5.png)]] [[Image(grep_6.png)]] [[Image(grep_7.png)]] [[Image(grep_8.png)]] Chaouche solves … Continue reading

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VimGolf In Emacs Episode 20 Is Up

Tim Visher has another VimGolf in Emacs video up. This one has some interesting applications of the Emacs calc function. As I mentioned on my old blog, I use a Scheme REPL as my calculator so I’ve never bothered to … Continue reading

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VimGolf In Emacs 19 And A New Trick

Tim Visher has a new version of VimGolf in Emacs up. There are a couple of interesting things in this episode. First, Visher is working on a VimGolf minor mode that loads the challenge into Emacs and provides special functionality … Continue reading

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Mickey Plays VimGolf In Emacs

I’ve written a couple of times about Tim Visher’s VimGolf In Emacs series of videos. If you’re an Emacs user and haven’t taken a look at them yet, you should do so without delay. They are very informative and entertaining. … Continue reading

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VimGolf In Emacs

I recently saw a reference to Tim Visher’s VimGolf in Emacs videos on one of my feeds. It looked interesting so I hopped over to take a look. VimGolf is a site that poses editing challenges that are supposed to … Continue reading

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Pausing Emacs Keyboard Macros

Seven or eight years ago when Tim Visher was still producing his VimGolf in Emacs videos, one of his favorite tricks was using the full power of Emacs keyboard macros. Most Emacs users know about keyboard macros and can manage … Continue reading

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Org List Repair

Tim Visher, who used to publish the much-missed VimGolf in Emacs videos, just tweeted a useful tip: OMG I have been looking for #emacs `org-list-repair` _forever!_ https://t.co/QMeulfO4KD (sorry if the link breaks, I can’t figure out to get a stable … Continue reading

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