Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33981 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: 29
  • Position: #4785 / 7507
  • Number of attempts: 1
Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #728 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 3
Add semicolons - 10951 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2124 / 3096
  • Number of attempts: 5
multiple cursor alternative - 1556 entries

from: https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/6w5pfa/crosspost_from_remacs_how_would_you_do_this_in_vim/

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #291 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 5
comment and uncomment code inline - 1161 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: 19
  • Position: #312 / 330
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16185 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1156 / 4221
  • Number of attempts: 8
Gray area - 757 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #232 / 274
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1187 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 8
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #842 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13576 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1685 / 3892
  • Number of attempts: 3
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