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$ 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: #48 / 1887
  • Number of attempts: 3
Extract argument from function - 2337 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #83 / 750
  • Number of attempts: 5
Subtraction - 179 entries

Solve the equations.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #31 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 4
NBCU Weekly Challenge - Test - 244 entries

Just testing.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #104 / 115
  • Number of attempts: 1
Lisp Condense - 449 entries

Reduce 4 cons selection operations down to one function call.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #15 / 157
  • Number of attempts: 5
120 Degrees - 469 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #63 / 144
  • Number of attempts: 4
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1136 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #246 / 298
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 1996 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #162 / 581
  • Number of attempts: 5
Where should I put the Newline? - 874 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #101 / 436
  • Number of attempts: 4
Shuffle puzzle - 331 entries

Sort the lines in each indent group, and sort the groups. That's the pattern. Or just move lines around manually to get a better score.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #60 / 103
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10652 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #442 / 3677
  • Number of attempts: 6
quotes inside quotes - 3128 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: 14
  • Position: #166 / 1073
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12868 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1383 / 3950
  • Number of attempts: 5
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: 14
  • Position: #1315 / 3626
  • Number of attempts: 8
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