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

delete swap - 1842 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #565 / 572
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fix the shell script! - 2664 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #519 / 620
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: 31
  • Position: #5682 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18862 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3578 / 3896
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10930 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #278 / 3090
  • Number of attempts: 9
Com(m)a Trouble - 3970 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 62
  • Position: #885 / 903
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11566 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1164 / 4238
  • Number of attempts: 6
convert yml into java pojo field - 873 entries

How fast vim can create fields for java pojo i.e class declaration referring to a (simple) yml file

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 41
  • Position: #222 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #4092 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10732 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2847 / 3707
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 13466 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #3230 / 3863
  • Number of attempts: 4
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