Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Played Challenges

hello-world-vimgolf - 2381 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #358 / 676
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33400 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: #2798 / 7369
  • Number of attempts: 3
Unwrap the text of an email message - 185 entries

Reverse of "Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters". gq and gw are great for wrapping paragraphs. But sometimes other programs choke on your wrapped lines. What's the best way to un-gq?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #63 / 72
  • Number of attempts: 2
Numbering a List - 1859 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #82 / 639
  • Number of attempts: 6
Simple text editing with Vim - 12301 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1886 / 3584
  • Number of attempts: 3
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