@chase-lambert I would type {:name “left” :size 1} as it’s the most common pattern. Then copy that into the kill ring. Then type 18 followed by the vim command p and it will paste 18 times. Then just edit the bits that were different using append or cw. You could use lisp mode to jump to the end of each map, or the any-jump commands under SPC j might be easier to jump to the right places, e.g you could jump to the next number 1 and use r to replace where required.

cool, thanks. seems like i was basically on the right track except could have used more of those shortcuts for the actual navigation. i know i'm just scratching the surface of the editing capabilities in vim/emacs so just wanted to make sure i wasn't missing a super useful navigation shortcut.

I would start with the simple list of pairs like:

head 3
left-eye 1
left-ear 1
...

I've just tried here. Spaces would mess up if you do the :name first but if you use tabs it will work just fine:

head	3
left-eye	1
left-ear	1
mouth	1
nose	1
neck	2
left-shoulder	3
left-upper-arm	3
chest	10
back	10
left-forearm	3
abdomen	6
left-kidney	1
left-hand	2
left-knee	2
left-thigh	4
left-lower-leg	3
left-achilles	1
left-foot	2


:%s/^/{:name \"/g
:%s/\t/\" :size /g 
:%s/\n/}\r/g

So in my user-config I try to bind a key to cider-repl-clear-buffer, but somehow it gets overridden by cider-repl-previous-input. If possible I'd like to stick with that key for consistency with other contexts. I'm binding it with

(with-eval-after-load 'cider-repl-mode-map
   (evil-define-key '(normal insert) cider-repl-mode-map
     (kbd (right-mod "k")) 'cider-repl-clear-buffer)