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

Swap values - 4679 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1057 / 1287
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11566 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3517 / 4238
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5707 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #1135 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
Adam's challenge - 1018 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #173 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 1
Combines all items - 316 entries

For each line that starts with the same number I want to combine its contents

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #135 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 1
Align commas - 1105 entries

There are 15,000 aligning challenges on vimgolf.com, and they're all exactly the same. I hope this one is a little different.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #207 / 248
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4323 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #967 / 1195
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2591 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
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