Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33411 entries

Simple things we do all the time should be able to be done with very few keystrokes, but sometimes I find something I need to do makes me go, "There MUST be a better way." This challenge is just a simple movement and entering text at a certain place.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #3124 / 7372
  • Number of attempts: 21
V to the i - 4759 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1101 / 1882
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11364 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2057 / 4165
  • Number of attempts: 1
Make HTML List - 1042 entries

Turn the comma separated list into an unordered html list.

  • Best score: 33
  • Best player score: 51
  • Position: #219 / 272
  • Number of attempts: 8
Vice versa - 7811 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1785 / 2105
  • Number of attempts: 6
lipsum lines - 254 entries

Convert a quoted block of text into strings in a list.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 44
  • Position: #88 / 92
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10632 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2745 / 3669
  • Number of attempts: 3
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