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

Minimalist Limerick - 539 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 40
  • Position: #134 / 177
  • Number of attempts: 1
fib.c cleanup - 80 entries

cleanup the file

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #21 / 59
  • Number of attempts: 1
Block Fun 1 - 245 entries

Manipulate the columns to produce desired result.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #55 / 79
  • Number of attempts: 2
abcd > a b c d - 308 entries

transform the single spaces into 4 spaces repeat for each line

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #39 / 231
  • Number of attempts: 1
un-C-escape string - 63 entries

Convert escape sequences to characters

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #30 / 55
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1091 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: 9
  • Position: #296 / 680
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alex Shapovalov
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i write code;

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