Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 34021 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: 31
  • Position: #5453 / 7517
  • Number of attempts: 5
V to the i - 4885 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #395 / 1915
  • Number of attempts: 3
Search and Replace 0 - 5162 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #458 / 1675
  • Number of attempts: 6
Just the middle - 11620 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2073 / 4258
  • Number of attempts: 3
Vice versa - 8021 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1543 / 2158
  • Number of attempts: 6
comments galore - 1101 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #59 / 433
  • Number of attempts: 3
Mirror Symmetry - 845 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #61 / 273
  • Number of attempts: 5
Do you demand a shrubbery? - 1208 entries

Use :redir and crush the emacsgolfers.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #284 / 310
  • Number of attempts: 2
quotes inside quotes - 3203 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #240 / 1094
  • Number of attempts: 6
switch variable - 5128 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #428 / 1764
  • Number of attempts: 3
Reformat/Refactor a Golfer Class - 7694 entries

A simple case of removing unneeded code and fixing broken indentation.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 42
  • Position: #1053 / 1893
  • Number of attempts: 5
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