Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Applying same text modification in several lines - 2689 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values inside brackets - 2395 entries

Easy challenge.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18136 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 17
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 32586 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: 22
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15595 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 4
James LaChance
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I'll most likely be found playing with Rubik's Cubes, playing FPS games, driving my MR2, taking pictures, or nerding out in some form of programming 🤣

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