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

V to the i - 4771 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #34 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2572 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #494 / 698
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11380 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1963 / 4174
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7865 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1706 / 2114
  • Number of attempts: 1
Condensed Cases - 794 entries

Apple's new programming language, Swift, allows two style of case statements: 1) one Enum case on each line, or 2) multiple Enum cases on a single line. Convert the following from the first case (no pun intended) to the second type.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #178 / 244
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15946 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2740 / 4166
  • Number of attempts: 1
Where should I put the Newline? - 874 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #282 / 436
  • Number of attempts: 1
Counting in binary - 478 entries

"a" represents 0; "A" represents 1. Start from zero and count to 15.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 45
  • Position: #88 / 114
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12868 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3542 / 3950
  • Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1096 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #354 / 442
  • Number of attempts: 2
switch variable - 5045 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1572 / 1742
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12491 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2040 / 3626
  • Number of attempts: 1
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