Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33958 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: 27
  • Position: #3961 / 7498
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4848 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1302 / 1907
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5089 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #1467 / 1658
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3572 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 4
Team names - 1858 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #546 / 594
  • 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: #190 / 278
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7995 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1779 / 2151
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4332 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1070 / 1196
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16176 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #3303 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10743 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2837 / 3710
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 13024 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2445 / 3983
  • Number of attempts: 1
Nathanael
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Lifehacker. Aspiring Buddha. Tearing down borders @Airbnb.

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