Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

Played Challenges

Quicksort - 2061 entries

We need the numbers in the first row sorted as quickly as possible! Be careful not to disturb the data below the divider though: that must remain unchanged.

  • Best score: 6
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #254 / 458
  • Number of attempts: 5
Fix the shell script! - 2651 entries

Fix the shell script with the fewest keystrokes!

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #125 / 616
  • Number of attempts: 10
Reverse characters in a line - 789 entries

You have everything you need, just not in the right order. Mastermind would give you 26 white pegs.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #25 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 7
Whitespace, empty lines and tabs - 3864 entries

Convert tabs to spaces, strip empty lines and trailing whitespace.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #41 / 830
  • Number of attempts: 13
Simple text editing with Vim - 13273 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #712 / 3811
  • Number of attempts: 5
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7415 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #329 / 1825
  • Number of attempts: 5
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