Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33988 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: #6502 / 7509
  • Number of attempts: 2
prepend * to every non-blank line - 6392 entries

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

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #1481 / 1561
  • Number of attempts: 1
Add semicolons - 10955 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1607 / 3098
  • Number of attempts: 7
Every other line - 2945 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #299 / 710
  • Number of attempts: 8
Just the middle - 11613 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #1428 / 4253
  • Number of attempts: 4
Fix the XML - 1050 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 35
  • Position: #269 / 291
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16187 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3810 / 4222
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3240 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #737 / 1146
  • Number of attempts: 5
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10752 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2493 / 3713
  • Number of attempts: 9
Words in parens - 13034 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 43
  • Position: #3960 / 3988
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5121 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #628 / 1762
  • Number of attempts: 6
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