Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33929 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: 23
  • Position: #2606 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1747 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4833 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1003 / 1904
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #153 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 2
Array transposition - 2444 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #225 / 453
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fill visual area - 91 entries

Just have fun!

  • Best score: 20
  • Best player score: 53
  • Position: #24 / 38
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mute the second method of this script - 456 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #52 / 240
  • Number of attempts: 2
Happy TvvO - 432 entries

Don’t forget the past, learn from it. Happy New Year.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #168 / 207
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1526 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #542 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #521 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 2
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