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

months to html list items - 1110 entries

Turn the months into list items.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #152 / 301
  • Number of attempts: 3
Paste a column after a column - 2632 entries

This task is very common while using multi-cursor. What is the elegant vim way ?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #71 / 570
  • Number of attempts: 4
delete swap - 1818 entries

delete all swap

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #379 / 567
  • Number of attempts: 2
hello-world-vimgolf - 2513 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #570 / 717
  • Number of attempts: 2
The Cake is a Lie - 1386 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #285 / 537
  • Number of attempts: 3
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