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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10632 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1711 / 3669
  • Number of attempts: 7
attr_aligner - 3444 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #629 / 692
  • Number of attempts: 1
Letter case trickery - 1597 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #465 / 513
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3125 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1019 / 1072
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12861 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2804 / 3947
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5038 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #1120 / 1737
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 12330 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2138 / 3592
  • Number of attempts: 1
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