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

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33586 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #113 / 7409
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18711 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1451 / 3858
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4798 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #274 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11423 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #417 / 4185
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 7903 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #49 / 2125
  • Number of attempts: 7
Sudoku table - 92 entries

Make this simple sudoku table look nice and legible.

  • Best score: 48
  • Best player score: 64
  • Position: #23 / 34
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #86 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15974 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #254 / 4175
  • Number of attempts: 8
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10657 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #799 / 3679
  • Number of attempts: 2
Douglas Perrin
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I working on Medical Image Analysis, AI, Machine Learning, Network Models (i.e. deep learning), Pediatric Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and being happy.

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