Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 42
  • Position: #7187 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11497 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #237 / 4215
  • Number of attempts: 4
camel riding - 793 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #275 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #2803 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 4
Change name of a variable - 179 entries

Replace the name of the $variable with the fastest move possible. The challenge is having a command that allow you to easily change the variable name even if its indented.

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #38 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 1
Don't know what this is - 2024 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #568 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10699 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #2567 / 3695
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12969 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 23
  • Position: #3660 / 3970
  • Number of attempts: 1
Joseph Siddall
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