Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33948 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: 30
  • Position: #5186 / 7496
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11566 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2540 / 4238
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: #189 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4323 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #976 / 1195
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16156 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3261 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
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