Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Played Challenges

Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1020 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4864 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #363 / 1912
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3787 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #534 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8011 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1826 / 2153
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1079 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #165 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 1
From A to B - 605 entries

Mirror and change this text block

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #102 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 3
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #202 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3910 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #955 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 7
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2330 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #2940 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 2
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7649 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #1046 / 1882
  • Number of attempts: 2
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