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 - 4848 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1603 / 1907
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #258 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 8
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #386 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 11
camel riding - 796 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #19 / 282
  • Number of attempts: 10
Space out the alphabet - 1686 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #246 / 451
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #171 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 10
Words in parens - 13024 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #555 / 3983
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13468 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #347 / 3865
  • Number of attempts: 7
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