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 57d7d06d9ce5640f6f000001

Every other line

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Start file

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End file

AaAaAaA
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What am I pulling this time?

Don't think this will stump everyone, but we'll see.

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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695 active golfers, 2869 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#1 - ParasamGateZero / @ParasamGateZero

01/18/2018 at 11:55AM

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#2 - Dominic Z / @thammaaa

01/22/2018 at 10:03AM

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#3 - John Braxler / @braxler

01/22/2018 at 06:37PM

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#4 - Guirec CORBEL / @GuirecCorbel

03/06/2018 at 01:42AM

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#5 - vimthrowaway / @vimgolf_throw

03/30/2018 at 09:44AM

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#6 - Evgeny`s Kindle / @EvgenyKindle

04/23/2018 at 02:04PM

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#7 - Ben Sherman / @bensherman

04/25/2018 at 05:04PM

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#8 - Lifepillar / @lifepillar

05/01/2018 at 03:43PM

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#9 - platypusDancing / @platypusDancing

05/02/2018 at 05:26AM

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#10 - c0llision / @sh3llcode

05/03/2018 at 02:00PM

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#11 - vimgolfdummy / @vimgolfdummy

05/05/2018 at 08:52PM

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#12 - towc / @MateiCopot

05/25/2018 at 09:42AM

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#13 - Daniël De Koker / @daniel_koker

06/09/2018 at 09:47AM

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#14 - Artūras Zakrevskis / @AZakrevskis

06/28/2018 at 03:02PM

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#15 - sspan / @sspantz

07/07/2018 at 04:10AM

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#16 - O / @O34721877

08/09/2018 at 01:40AM

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#17 - bluemartian / @bluemartianz59

08/23/2018 at 06:38PM

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#18 - Turkey Man / @lvturkeyman

09/21/2018 at 04:06AM

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#19 - Rasmus Bergström / @JRasmusBm

09/27/2018 at 12:12PM

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10/05/2018 at 03:07PM

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10/05/2018 at 08:17PM

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#22 - Benjamin Kiesl / @BenjaminKiesl

10/15/2018 at 02:23PM

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#23 - Tuomas Jokioja / @TJokioja

10/16/2018 at 08:01AM

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#24 - Jonathan Cabezas / @John_Harkan

11/27/2018 at 01:35PM

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#25 - CptBong / @cpt1bong

12/02/2018 at 11:44PM

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#26 - Ackman Syntax Error / @AckmanSux

12/24/2018 at 12:03PM

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#27 - Artur Mróz / @MrozArtur

12/29/2018 at 05:07PM

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#28 - abgalphabet / @abgalphabet

01/17/2019 at 11:43AM

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#29 - Tinko Minko / @tandikula

02/02/2019 at 09:39AM

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03/07/2019 at 10:18PM