Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 22
  • Position: #1043 / 7489
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18840 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1739 / 3893
  • Number of attempts: 2
That hyphen - 2602 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #172 / 704
  • Number of attempts: 5
comment and uncomment code inline - 1151 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: #84 / 328
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11555 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2519 / 4234
  • Number of attempts: 3
Team names - 1848 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #76 / 592
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fiddle percentages into real numbers - 880 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: #104 / 295
  • Number of attempts: 4
I forgot quotes - 16127 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #622 / 4208
  • Number of attempts: 7
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10720 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1216 / 3703
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13005 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #857 / 3979
  • Number of attempts: 7
switch variable - 5101 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #494 / 1756
  • Number of attempts: 4
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