Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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

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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33757 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: 28
  • Position: #4122 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 5
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2039 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 2
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1525 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 1
lipsum lines - 278 entries

Convert a quoted block of text into strings in a list.

  • Best score: 28
  • Best player score: 34
  • Position: #68 / 95
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #130 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3605 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #610 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #851 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #3470 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 1
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