Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33621 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: 23
  • Position: #2449 / 7422
  • Number of attempts: 7
Just the middle - 11457 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1699 / 4198
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1045 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #408 / 424
  • Number of attempts: 1
Mirror Symmetry - 822 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #264 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 1
Collect List - 4298 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #534 / 1190
  • Number of attempts: 5
camel riding - 793 entries

add a prefix on some camelCase variables

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #94 / 281
  • Number of attempts: 4
Logging with key - 328 entries

Sometimes it is better to log with meaningful key

  • Best score: 21
  • Best player score: 24
  • Position: #40 / 88
  • Number of attempts: 4
Not enough Ps - 67 entries

Different type of code

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #7 / 36
  • Number of attempts: 3
Fix the XML - 1039 entries

The challenge consists in having a valid xml from an incomplete source.

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 39
  • Position: #276 / 290
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mute the second method of this script - 455 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #227 / 239
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 15989 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #3423 / 4181
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10666 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #2708 / 3684
  • Number of attempts: 4
Mike McGowan
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