If this contest also rated by finger distance (one of vim's strengths), I'd propose qq and @q@@ instead of using the "a" register.
Agreed. I'm surprised by all the "qa"s I'm seeing. I've always used "qq" for quick macros and kind of assumed everyone else did as well. It's especially convenient considering that @ and q are right next to each other on a qwerty layout.
qa/v<ENTER>yypJDq@a@a
15
Isn't that 19? Shift key...
Nice!
qa/v<ENTER>YpJDq@a@a
Arg, the fact that Y and yy are synonyms always messes me up. Why can't it be like c/C/cc and d/D/dd?
Because then it would be consistent ;-)
Of course I have remapped Y to be consistent with C, D, etc.