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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Extract argument from function - 2357 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #65 / 753
  • Number of attempts: 6
Change name of a variable - 179 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #31 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 1
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1158 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #12 / 300
  • Number of attempts: 11
Don't know what this is - 2022 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: 11
  • Position: #5 / 585
  • 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: #82 / 437
  • Number of attempts: 4
Mess in revision history - 1184 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #23 / 250
  • Number of attempts: 8
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10669 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #406 / 3684
  • Number of attempts: 27
attr_aligner - 3520 entries

Two attr keywords. Two separate indentations. Align the colons.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #70 / 702
  • Number of attempts: 14
quotes inside quotes - 3159 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: #160 / 1078
  • Number of attempts: 4
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 27
  • Position: #3825 / 3964
  • 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: 13
  • Position: #288 / 3696
  • Number of attempts: 5
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