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

Fix the shell script! - 1731 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #29 / 420
  • Number of attempts: 12
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33142 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: 23
  • Position: #2651 / 7309
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18498 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #553 / 3816
  • Number of attempts: 11
Add semicolons - 10720 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1015 / 3023
  • Number of attempts: 5
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3483 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #351 / 1128
  • Number of attempts: 6
Com(m)a Trouble - 3511 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #267 / 789
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11289 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2976 / 4144
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7650 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #520 / 2073
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10566 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1471 / 3647
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12790 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1017 / 3932
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 11906 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1780 / 3484
  • Number of attempts: 2
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