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

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9489 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 161
  • Number of attempts: 1
That hyphen - 2183 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 55
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 634 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 11011 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 29
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 9170 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 3516 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 5909 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 24
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple, Practical, and Common - 24959 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: 33
  • 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: 8
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 12725 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 11728 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 25
  • Number of attempts: 1
Count both ways - 864 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 4579 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 25
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 2570 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 26
  • Number of attempts: 2
Juampy NR
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