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 - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #989 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5042 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #373 / 1643
  • Number of attempts: 3
120 Degrees - 505 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #17 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1977 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #505 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13419 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #327 / 3846
  • Number of attempts: 4
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