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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                                     |
                                    ( )

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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#241 - mattsalacain / @mattsalacain

01/31/2014 at 07:29PM

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#242 - Zudov / @zudov_me

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#244 - Gennadiy Leyfer / @gleyfer

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#245 - Jake Eaton / @Jake__Eaton

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#246 - Rob Glew / @RealGlew

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#247 - TapTemplate / @TapTemplate

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#248 - Tom Layte / @tlayte

07/19/2014 at 12:42AM

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#249 - Chris Trotman / @solarnz

10/06/2014 at 03:07AM

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#250 - Kevin Merlin / @mp3merlin

09/21/2015 at 12:42PM

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#251 - Kyouma / @kyoumaJohn

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02/06/2017 at 07:51PM

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#254 - bazinga / @___bazinga___

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07/12/2013 at 06:26PM

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07/20/2013 at 08:56PM

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08/03/2013 at 07:50AM

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#258 - codegourmet / @codegourmet

10/02/2013 at 07:23AM

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#259 - Billy Ripper / @dirtlamb5

10/23/2013 at 07:09AM

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#260 - Russ Adams / @rustushki

12/24/2013 at 09:20PM

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