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

Aliases for cd - 881 entries

Create these beautiful aliases with as few strokes as possible. Are you up for the challenge?

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #108 / 156
  • Number of attempts: 4
Add semicolons - 10891 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1259 / 3077
  • Number of attempts: 3
Box it - 7939 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #1509 / 1885
  • Number of attempts: 2
Triangle of arrows - 199 entries

I made this by accident when working on another challenge. How would you go about making this?

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #39 / 44
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3166 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 2
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