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 - 4853 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #913 / 1909
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 5102 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1005 / 1662
  • Number of attempts: 3
That hyphen - 2624 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #703 / 708
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3233 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #487 / 1143
  • Number of attempts: 2
Count both ways - 1030 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #172 / 356
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change name of a variable - 182 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #76 / 140
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #3017 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 1
Letter case trickery - 1663 entries

This file is in a downright esoteric format, consisting of hexadecimal numbers, non-hexadecimal keywords, and "Z" indicating end-of-line. Make the hexadecimal numbers lowercase.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #439 / 522
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13028 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2171 / 3984
  • Number of attempts: 3
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1628 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #368 / 454
  • Number of attempts: 1
replacing each line of a block selection - 3040 entries

replace each line's ../assets/js with /javascripts

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #661 / 785
  • Number of attempts: 2
Numbering a List - 1942 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #545 / 658
  • Number of attempts: 2
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