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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Migrated to Postgres! - 349 entries

Celebration completion of this project. https://github.com/igrigorik/vimgolf/pull/322

  • Best score: 26
  • Best player score: 37
  • Position: #111 / 135
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10758 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1839 / 3717
  • Number of attempts: 3
switch variable - 5131 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1567 / 1766
  • Number of attempts: 5
Replacing some words - 445 entries

How fast could it be?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 48
  • Position: #149 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2041 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #559 / 659
  • Number of attempts: 2
Numbering a List - 1970 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #604 / 662
  • Number of attempts: 4
A Simple One - 1094 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #651 / 682
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 13667 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #96 / 3914
  • Number of attempts: 6
Bernhard Urban-Forster
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