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 51e023f92b2f6d0002000066

Hole-in-one

Lets take this golf thing literally.. Drive off the tee into the hole, and of course you don't strike the ball completely clean.

Start file

    
        o
        |


                                     |>
                                     |
                                    ( )

End file

    
        
        
          _

                                     |>
                                     |
                                    (o)

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3,5c3,5
<         o
<         |
< 
---
>         
>         
>           _
9c9
<                                     ( )
---
>                                     (o)

Solutions

The best way to learn is to practice. Below, you will find some of the solutions other golfers have entered. To unlock higher ranked solutions, submit your own entry which does as well or better than the solutions you can currently see - climb the ladder!

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Created by: @boyfromkansas Tweet

305 active golfers, 1024 entries

Leaderboard (lowest score wins):

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#31 - Throw Away / @throwaway111111

10/01/2013 at 11:49PM

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#32 - StarkHalo / @hellektor

10/07/2013 at 12:35PM

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#33 - Jamie Schembri / @shkm

10/09/2013 at 07:42PM

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#34 - Rodrigo Marchant / @rgmarcha

10/16/2013 at 03:36AM

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#35 - Bradley M. Small / @BradleySmall

10/27/2013 at 03:01AM

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#36 - Nathan Wallace / @nathanmwallace

11/05/2013 at 06:56PM

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#37 - c / @mmo_chess

11/06/2013 at 04:28AM

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#38 - Michael / @Acktagatta

11/08/2013 at 09:36AM

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#39 - Stefan Schmidt / @stafue

11/08/2013 at 10:40PM

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#40 - Jonathan Potter / @nTypeRed

11/11/2013 at 04:20PM

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#41 - J / @planck0

11/25/2013 at 06:35PM

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#42 - Tim Smart / @tim_smart

12/11/2013 at 08:04PM

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#43 - Andrew O'Neill / @AndroidOatmeal

12/18/2013 at 02:33PM

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#44 - Jacob Niehus / @wilywampa

12/18/2013 at 09:18PM

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#45 - winterlight / @winterlight4

12/24/2013 at 02:55PM

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#46 - Rado Kirov / @radokirov

12/29/2013 at 07:23AM

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#47 - John Braxler / @braxler

01/06/2014 at 06:11PM

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#48 - 黒猫 / @darkfeline

01/17/2014 at 11:53AM

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#49 - alexscott / @4l3xsc0tt

01/17/2014 at 04:50PM

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#50 - Fake Name / @The_Real_User

01/20/2014 at 03:37AM

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#51 - Reese Wilson / @shinyvimgolf

02/03/2014 at 03:46AM

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#52 - grey wolfs / @grey_wolfs

02/04/2014 at 07:29AM

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#53 - Strabs / @artistavenue

02/05/2014 at 12:33PM

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#54 - Marcin Cabaj / @marcincabaj

02/11/2014 at 09:36AM

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#55 - Spencer McAlpine / @spencermcalpine

02/11/2014 at 05:39PM

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#56 - Pedro Santos / @pedrosans

02/21/2014 at 04:09AM

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#57 - Marchand Paul-Valère / @pvmarch

02/26/2014 at 08:53PM

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#58 - Erim Secla / @Alcesmire

03/04/2014 at 07:29AM

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#59 - Dominik Schemmel / @vimgolfhandicap

03/28/2014 at 03:32PM

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#60 - Chaitanya Desu / @ChaituNu

05/04/2014 at 06:52PM