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
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quotes inside quotes - 3185 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: 17
  • Position: #748 / 1086
  • Number of attempts: 2
Words in parens - 13001 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2579 / 3978
  • Number of attempts: 4
The holy-grail may help - 391 entries

Can you find it in less than 20 strokes, Arthur?

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #41 / 216
  • Number of attempts: 1
Get rid of html tags - 440 entries

Want to read more about Vim's background? Then get rid of those html tags...

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #68 / 251
  • Number of attempts: 3
Simple text editing with Vim - 13371 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2103 / 3835
  • Number of attempts: 2
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