Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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$ gem install vimgolf
$ vimgolf setup
$ vimgolf put [challenge ID]

Played Challenges

Swap values - 4703 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #226 / 1291
  • Number of attempts: 9
One number per line - 18894 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2721 / 3901
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 25
  • Position: #309 / 386
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #639 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11611 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2647 / 4252
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5731 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #493 / 1277
  • Number of attempts: 4
Adam's challenge - 1020 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: #163 / 279
  • Number of attempts: 4
Array transposition - 2474 entries

Transpose two arrays into one.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #348 / 459
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4333 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #1133 / 1197
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10749 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2837 / 3712
  • Number of attempts: 3
quotes inside quotes - 3200 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #483 / 1091
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 13033 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2444 / 3987
  • Number of attempts: 2
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