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 put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33990 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: 27
  • Position: #3862 / 7510
  • Number of attempts: 2
Swap values - 4704 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #879 / 1292
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18900 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #3710 / 3903
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3806 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 8014 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1832 / 2154
  • Number of attempts: 1
comments galore - 1079 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #427 / 431
  • Number of attempts: 1
Alsa configuration - 528 entries

I'm tweaking my ~/.asoundrc file!

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #84 / 130
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10755 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #3317 / 3715
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13037 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2932 / 3989
  • Number of attempts: 1
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