Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

Pick a challenge, fire up Vim, and show us what you got.

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: 31
  • Position: #5400 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #3737 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1727 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 7
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1040 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 1
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

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

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #131 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #1253 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10688 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2065 / 3691
  • Number of attempts: 5
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #613 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 3
Let's play some Ivmgolf - 1122 entries

Oops, I spelled that wrong.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #88 / 446
  • Number of attempts: 6
Make it more readable - 2009 entries

Insert blank lines to make it more organized and readable

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #534 / 652
  • Number of attempts: 1
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