Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

prepend * to every non-blank line - 6375 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #937 / 1556
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #102 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #392 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 2
Start coding format - 155 entries

I used to start coding with following format: int main(){ -(cursor here) }

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #53 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11546 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #37 / 4232
  • Number of attempts: 3
A grid of punctuation - 140 entries

Create a checkerboard of = and - in an 80×24 grid!

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #24 / 62
  • Number of attempts: 3
Refactoring useless Method away - 124 entries

Real-life challenge, convert a bunch of ifs to a switch statement

  • Best score: 47
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #25 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16104 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #46 / 4205
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10718 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #488 / 3702
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1408 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 3
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