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: 36
  • Position: #6696 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 1
V to the i - 4824 entries

Input is 99 V's. Output is 100 i's.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #1586 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 1
Extract argument from function - 2369 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #727 / 756
  • Number of attempts: 1
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 21
  • Position: #1095 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: #90 / 137
  • Number of attempts: 2
The name of the game - 678 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #316 / 363
  • Number of attempts: 2
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