Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Played Challenges

V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #179 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #60 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #186 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5699 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #369 / 1273
  • Number of attempts: 5
Interleave lines - 185 entries

This is some kind of « paste -d'\n' c b a ». There are many ways to achieve this.. just find the shortest!

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #55 / 60
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #127 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 5
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #80 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #659 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 2
attr_aligner - 3525 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #89 / 706
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #527 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #348 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13262 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1436 / 3810
  • Number of attempts: 2
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