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

Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1887 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 2
Draw the Go board - 149 entries

which is a 19×19 lines board. Here we use ascii characters only for simplicity. See diff file to get a sense. (See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_(game))

  • Best score: 50
  • Best player score: 77
  • Position: #42 / 51
  • Number of attempts: 2
Word frequency alignment - 291 entries

You've got to align the second column, but the spacing is inconvenient and there are nasty tabs in the way. If you're a "real Vim ninja," this could be very quick indeed...

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 6
  • Position: #142 / 161
  • Number of attempts: 1
Minimalist Limerick - 520 entries

Reproduce this lovely poem.

  • Best score: 30
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #148 / 174
  • Number of attempts: 2
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