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 [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Split line with dots - 1894 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Number of attempts: 1
Box it - 3908 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Number of attempts: 5
One number per line - 13774 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 23
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 12455 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 10
Add semicolons - 3572 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Number of attempts: 8
remove lines containing the word "reader" - 2013 entries

easy stuff

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 9544 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Number of attempts: 2
One to Ten - 1185 entries

Generate the sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, one number per line. Inspired by this Reddit thread: https://redd.it/ak4it2

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Number of attempts: 6
Simple text editing with Vim - 10601 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Number of attempts: 5
Swap values - 3692 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Number of attempts: 4
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 9657 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Number of attempts: 4
Copy three lines - 2208 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple, Practical, and Common - 26252 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: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Number of attempts: 14
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