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 - 4840 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1009 / 1905
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11566 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1729 / 4238
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2458 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13014 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1447 / 3981
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2173 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 9
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7553 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 47
  • Position: #1334 / 1863
  • Number of attempts: 1
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