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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10703 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3445 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12980 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #318 / 3972
  • Number of attempts: 3
abcd > a b c d - 299 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #25 / 228
  • Number of attempts: 1
lamb had a little Mary - 638 entries

"Mary" and "lamb" are swapped. Unswap them. Fast as you can.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 36
  • Position: #101 / 175
  • Number of attempts: 2
Unwrap the text of an email message - 192 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: 16
  • Position: #10 / 75
  • Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1136 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #19 / 449
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13183 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #250 / 3789
  • Number of attempts: 8
FrantiĊĦek Hartman
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Senior Software Engineer at @hazelcast

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