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]

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Search and Replace 0 - 5027 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1380 / 1637
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3325 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 3
increment by column in XML - 152 entries

modify an arbitrary "column" in an xml table by incrementing a an arbitrary placeholder string

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 46
  • Position: #54 / 55
  • Number of attempts: 1
120 Degrees - 505 entries

Rotate that triangle.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #138 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vim tetris - 371 entries

Vim can play tetris too!

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 66
  • Position: #101 / 104
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2731 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2282 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 59
  • Position: #3751 / 3810
  • Number of attempts: 1
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