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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put 54a8fb2ff4048c0002479f12

Happy TvvO

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

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Happy New Years to VIM !

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Happy New Years to vimgolf !

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! Happy New Years to VIM !
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! Happy New Years to vimgolf !

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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194 active golfers, 388 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#151 - Yuval Goncz / @YGoncho

01/08/2015 at 01:55PM

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#152 - Bruno Arueira / @bruno_arueira

01/10/2015 at 04:11PM

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#153 - Vasily Toropov / @vasandtor

01/12/2015 at 11:45AM

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#154 - Andreas Møller / @cullophid

01/15/2015 at 05:18PM

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#155 - Ayman Farhat / @aymanfarhat

01/17/2015 at 08:53PM

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#156 - Luc Mazardo / @lxtrmz

01/22/2015 at 09:30PM

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#157 - Jérôme Salignon / @JeromeSalignon

02/01/2015 at 03:11PM

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#158 - ylletyll / @ylletyll

03/01/2015 at 07:38AM

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#159 - Raja Sharan Mamidala / @rajasharan

03/02/2015 at 03:39AM

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#160 - J-F R. / @RheaultJF

03/18/2015 at 03:00AM

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#161 - Daniel Byron / @dansolo17

04/17/2015 at 01:42PM

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#162 - Tom van der Lee / @TomVdLee

04/28/2015 at 09:48AM

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#163 - benekeusz / @benekeusz

05/06/2015 at 10:05AM

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#164 - Kyle Fuller / @kylefuller

07/17/2015 at 02:24AM

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#165 - Kiet Nguyen / @kietnguyen86

10/02/2015 at 10:53AM

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#166 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

10/11/2015 at 01:22AM

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#167 - Laurent Atlan / @laurentatlan1

12/30/2015 at 10:39PM

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#168 - Dimitar Dimitrov / @kurkale6ka

03/16/2016 at 12:30PM

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#169 - Zihan Zheng / @zhengzihan1996

04/22/2016 at 05:39PM

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#170 - yokibahim / @yokibahim

10/21/2019 at 07:17PM

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#171 - Michael Meixner / @meixner62

01/24/2020 at 11:48AM

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#172 - Jean George / @JeanGeo20504212

03/15/2022 at 03:16PM

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#173 - luffy / @raxcoi

01/06/2015 at 02:44PM

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#174 - Gianluca Scacco / @gscacco

01/07/2015 at 11:51AM

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#175 - David Rainsford / @davidrainsford

01/09/2015 at 12:53AM

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#176 - Oliver Christ / @0liverChrist

01/11/2015 at 10:44PM

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#177 - Steve / @Logogenics

01/16/2015 at 12:58AM

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#178 - Robert Siemieniec / @rsiemieniec

01/19/2015 at 09:54AM

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#179 - Rathrio / @Rathrio

01/30/2015 at 09:41PM

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#180 - Meow / @MeowLucid

02/08/2015 at 05:12AM