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
        |


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                                     |
                                    ( )

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          _

                                     |>
                                     |
                                    (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

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#181 - Michi Loro / @michiloro

07/14/2014 at 11:51AM

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#182 - RiccardoSven Risuleo / @riccardosven

07/17/2014 at 01:21PM

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#183 - r. / @rmarvie

12/19/2014 at 11:34AM

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#184 - David English / @Nglish26

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09/28/2018 at 11:52AM

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11/04/2022 at 02:51PM

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#188 - John Honaker / @MisterMentat

07/13/2013 at 02:19PM

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#189 - powertomato / @powertomato

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#190 - William Snyders / @iam2391212

07/15/2013 at 05:38PM

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#191 - Ian Oxley / @ianoxley

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#192 - Rainer Koirikivi / @rkoiriki

07/18/2013 at 08:48AM

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08/08/2013 at 12:30AM

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#194 - Fernando Axel Ellis / @Axel_Ellis

09/13/2013 at 08:40PM

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#195 - Krowd.io / @krowd_io

10/14/2013 at 07:53PM

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#196 - Ben Lambeth / @azy2_ben

02/13/2014 at 01:20PM

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03/23/2014 at 03:09AM

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#198 - Lance Levine / @LanceSMLevine

04/02/2014 at 05:05AM

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#199 - Alex Bartol / @alexbartol

05/05/2015 at 07:55PM

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10/08/2015 at 10:59AM

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05/06/2016 at 12:04PM

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#203 - Jason Davidson / @aka_lingy

08/24/2013 at 06:19PM

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08/26/2013 at 10:37PM

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08/27/2013 at 11:27AM

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09/12/2013 at 08:12AM

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#208 - Marcin Szamotulski / @me_coot

10/10/2013 at 05:51AM

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#209 - Juho Jokelainen / @juhojokelainen

12/09/2013 at 09:40PM

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#210 - WoljaIlpapa / @WoljaIlpapa

12/19/2013 at 06:59AM