Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Replace markdown sections with numbering - 205 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 110
  • Position: #52 / 61
  • Number of attempts: 1
Change class fields from snake case to camel case - 250 entries

Change the class fields in this Scala class from snake case to camel case

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #71 / 96
  • Number of attempts: 3
hello-world-vimgolf - 2506 entries

Simple number generation

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #618 / 713
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rural Post - 4567 entries

Simple challenge to remove all but the post code on each line

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #804 / 1114
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33791 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 54
  • Position: #7394 / 7455
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4647 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #792 / 1276
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18801 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #3826 / 3882
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11509 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #4153 / 4218
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5685 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #615 / 1270
  • Number of attempts: 3
Delete to the end of the current line - 849 entries

Delete to the end of the current line, but keep the character under the cursor.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #396 / 407
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16061 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3579 / 4195
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 2024 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #540 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12975 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3179 / 3971
  • Number of attempts: 1
Switch function arguments - 2162 entries

How to switch two arguments of a function.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #652 / 669
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #545 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 1
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