Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33591 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: 22
  • Position: #1157 / 7410
  • Number of attempts: 9
Swap values - 4610 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #604 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18711 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #231 / 3858
  • Number of attempts: 8
Separate the lines - 182 entries

Every other line is mixed up. Separate them into their original texts.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #14 / 92
  • Number of attempts: 3
From argument to object - 1504 entries

This task typifies those programmers endure while coding. This C-family pseudocode needs a function argument to be repurposed as an object call. Simply search and replace? Repeat a pattern of edits?

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #22 / 456
  • Number of attempts: 9
comment and uncomment code inline - 1118 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #9 / 321
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11424 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1016 / 4186
  • Number of attempts: 4
Team names - 1836 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #38 / 588
  • Number of attempts: 4
For all cases. - 160 entries

In this case... change it! :) Watch the line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #28 / 105
  • Number of attempts: 1
Stairstep digits - 392 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #4 / 144
  • Number of attempts: 2
Missing Library and a Typo - 887 entries

I forgot to add a c library, please add it for me. Also I'm bad at typing so fix my typo too.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #5 / 213
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple addition - 324 entries

The right side of the equation is already there. We just need the left one now.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #97 / 121
  • Number of attempts: 1
Adam's challenge - 978 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: 21
  • Position: #144 / 268
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 863 entries

Get rid of the '%' symbols and shift the decimal place. This is the easier version - all the columns line up.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #73 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 6
I forgot quotes - 15974 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #583 / 4175
  • Number of attempts: 7
Words in parens - 12928 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3275 / 3960
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12712 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #479 / 3671
  • Number of attempts: 6
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