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 - 33616 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: 22
  • Position: #933 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 8
One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #232 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 9
comment and uncomment code inline - 1122 entries

It's very useful to be able to comment out a block of code in a quick edit. And likewise to uncomment the code. This operation often involves multi-line stanzas and even large blocks. With just line-wise navigation and insert mode this would cost you about 4 keystrokes per line. Master this hole of VimGolf and you'll quickly drop your key count in day to day Vim as well.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #24 / 322
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #910 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 3
Stairstep digits - 394 entries

Remove the evens. Double the odds.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #7 / 145
  • Number of attempts: 2
Adam's challenge - 984 entries

Change both normal to bold and 4 by 2. Adam Wathan challenge this on twitter . He did it in 11 keystrokes on Sublime.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #27 / 270
  • Number of attempts: 7
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #589 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 7
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #1134 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 3
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