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

V to the i - 4813 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #937 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 4
Basic renumbering - 5675 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #831 / 1268
  • 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: 14
  • Position: #317 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 4
Where should I put the Newline? - 881 entries

Help me put the newline.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #5 / 437
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10676 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #298 / 3687
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12957 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2112 / 3967
  • Number of attempts: 2
A Simple One - 1057 entries

Here is a very simple one - just to illustrate/introduce a vim feature that some people seem to miss...

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #380 / 667
  • Number of attempts: 1
Nathan Seither
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The one. The only. Often imitated. Never duplicated. Always overblown.

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