Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Played Challenges

One number per line - 18831 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3587 / 3889
  • Number of attempts: 4
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3622 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #237 / 1177
  • Number of attempts: 5
Com(m)a Trouble - 3941 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #644 / 892
  • Number of attempts: 2
Box it - 7962 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 33
  • Position: #1544 / 1891
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2887 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7974 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1788 / 2146
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 2241 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #621 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 5
change parenthesis - 299 entries

change the pair of braces into a pair of parentheses

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #111 / 162
  • Number of attempts: 4
move titles next to url, in quotes - 551 entries

had trouble with something similar

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #131 / 146
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3795 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 2
Fred Leclerc
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Cloud Development Team Lead at Asset Science LLC

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