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

Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #604 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4860 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1299 / 1910
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2638 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #365 / 594
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #108 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2639 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1249 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #883 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13526 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1698 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 2
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