Six lines, same fix: turn each “- ” into “* ”. Record the fix for line 1 with qa (change the dash, step down), q to stop, then replay it five times at once with 5@a.
- one - two - three - four - five - six
Canonical solution: qa r* j q 5@a · target: 9 keystrokes — the fewest that solve it (every keypress counts).
A count in front of a macro runs it that many times: 5@a is @a @a @a @a @a. Record a clean one-line fix that ends by moving to the next line, and a single count finishes the whole list.
Reading about keystrokes doesn't build keystrokes. Try this in a real vim buffer right now — the “Multiply the macro” mission takes about a minute.
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