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
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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33390 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: 26
  • Position: #3592 / 7365
  • Number of attempts: 5
Applying same text modification in several lines - 2845 entries

Remove identical text at the beginning of several lines and the closing parenthesis.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #320 / 840
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15931 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3626 / 4161
  • Number of attempts: 1
Rob Barry
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