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 - 4884 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #896 / 1914
  • Number of attempts: 3
vim1001 - 327 entries

change number 1001 into a "vim1001 sequence". (My first challenge, hope it is not too bad... )

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #56 / 112
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3242 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #22 / 1147
  • Number of attempts: 3
Don't know what this is - 2068 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: #174 / 595
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10757 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1904 / 3716
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13054 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1409 / 3991
  • Number of attempts: 4
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1163 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #270 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2039 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #288 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13644 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1386 / 3906
  • Number of attempts: 1
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