Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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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: 22
  • Position: #1351 / 7498
  • Number of attempts: 7
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6388 entries

Prepend an asterisk to every non-blank line in the input file.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #938 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 2
Quote modules - 1099 entries

Complete golang import statement.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 26
  • Position: #143 / 287
  • Number of attempts: 2
Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #860 / 3091
  • Number of attempts: 6
Com(m)a Trouble - 3988 entries

Someone was real stupid when placing his commas. Can you fix it?

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #493 / 908
  • Number of attempts: 4
Box it - 7997 entries

Create a box around a line.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 32
  • Position: #1494 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5089 entries

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

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #642 / 1658
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11572 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #3033 / 4240
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1028 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #129 / 355
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mess in revision history - 1212 entries

Help Joe clean up what Steve has cobbled.

  • Best score: 17
  • Best player score: 29
  • Position: #198 / 255
  • Number of attempts: 3
SFD-ROC: vimvimvim - 1624 entries

Oh no, this line is longer than 80 chars... put each 'vim' on a new line.

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #245 / 453
  • Number of attempts: 5
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