Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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$ vimgolf setup
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HS Final exam vimgolf - 933 entries

Change the initial file to a single line containing all names comma-separated with numbers inside parentheses.

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 55
  • Position: #229 / 244
  • Number of attempts: 1
Easy modification of ssh config - 397 entries

Just add another alias to each worker

  • Best score: 24
  • Best player score: 69
  • Position: #109 / 116
  • Number of attempts: 2
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33964 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: 36
  • Position: #6847 / 7500
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 28
  • Position: #1506 / 1559
  • Number of attempts: 6
Add semicolons - 10932 entries

Simply add a semicolon at the end of each line

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2527 / 3091
  • Number of attempts: 2
Copy three lines - 2909 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 30
  • Position: #610 / 644
  • Number of attempts: 1
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