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$ vimgolf setup
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A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #140 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 4
quotes inside quotes - 3165 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #114 / 1079
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #282 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 2
Checkerboard case pattern - 164 entries

All the squares are white. Make some of them black. But only the right ones.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #47 / 61
  • Number of attempts: 2
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1122 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #57 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 4
Simple text editing with Vim - 12989 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1223 / 3737
  • Number of attempts: 2
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