Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ gem install vimgolf
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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33866 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: #1401 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 4
V to the i - 4830 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #576 / 1903
  • Number of attempts: 2
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #566 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 268 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #98 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 2
comments galore - 1073 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #249 / 429
  • Number of attempts: 3
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #848 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #906 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 5
Jacky Lee
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