Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Rural Post - 4595 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #99 / 1121
  • Number of attempts: 7
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33970 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: 22
  • Position: #2310 / 7503
  • Number of attempts: 6
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #812 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18889 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #718 / 3898
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10943 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #695 / 3093
  • Number of attempts: 7
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 3645 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #468 / 1182
  • Number of attempts: 3
Com(m)a Trouble - 3988 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #726 / 908
  • Number of attempts: 3
Search and Replace 0 - 5115 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #663 / 1667
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11590 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1459 / 4246
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 16179 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2033 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10748 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1568 / 3711
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 13032 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1867 / 3986
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5114 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #634 / 1759
  • Number of attempts: 10
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: 13
  • Position: #647 / 3879
  • Number of attempts: 4
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If something stupid works,it isn't stupid. Just keep calm and go :|

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