Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

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: 34
  • Position: #6477 / 7474
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6366 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #1475 / 1555
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10916 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1601 / 3085
  • Number of attempts: 7
Every other line - 2925 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #297 / 707
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11541 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1428 / 4230
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #268 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16093 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3794 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3225 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #733 / 1140
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10713 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2487 / 3700
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 12992 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #3949 / 3977
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5094 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #628 / 1754
  • Number of attempts: 6
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