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

Played Challenges

Wrap the text of an email message to 79 characters - 766 entries

You're replying to an email with silly long lines. Clean them up.

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #379 / 410
  • Number of attempts: 2
Search and Replace 0 - 4989 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #1576 / 1624
  • Number of attempts: 3
Increment, increment, increment.... - 688 entries

Vim likes macros

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #83 / 408
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get rid of html tags - 398 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #177 / 230
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12815 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #767 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 1
scott
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