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

html paragraph to table - 330 entries

reformat html paragraph to table

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 57
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 12472 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 21
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 2429 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Number of attempts: 3
Around the clock - 81 entries

You'll want to use 2 special commands to complete this. If you haven't yet, read through 'input.txt', especially :help simple-changes

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 2
Com(m)a Trouble - 1623 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 3874 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 9090 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9440 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Number of attempts: 2
The meaning - 498 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Number of attempts: 1
Join 'em - 95 entries

This shouldn't be too tough

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Number of attempts: 1
learn vim in short time - 186 entries

so happy to learn vim.because vim is awesome

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mute the second method of this script - 411 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Number of attempts: 2
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 1457 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 790 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 11591 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Number of attempts: 2
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