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

V to the i - 4743 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #951 / 1878
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11346 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3194 / 4160
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5584 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #724 / 1257
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 724 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #205 / 267
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10616 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1939 / 3663
  • Number of attempts: 1
quotes inside quotes - 3124 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #602 / 1071
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 12850 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2171 / 3944
  • Number of attempts: 1
Tamás Torba
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