Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33616 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: 22
  • Position: #413 / 7420
  • Number of attempts: 6
One number per line - 18727 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #9 / 3864
  • Number of attempts: 5
That hyphen - 2595 entries

"vim vi improved"

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #320 / 701
  • Number of attempts: 4
Just the middle - 11454 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #275 / 4197
  • Number of attempts: 2
Team names - 1836 entries

The team names are misspelled.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #98 / 588
  • Number of attempts: 3
SQL to YAML - 52 entries

Should be easy with vim, or not?

  • Best score: 71
  • Best player score: 85
  • Position: #11 / 22
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mirrored text - 177 entries

backward and forward, and long enough to be challenging

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #10 / 71
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 15983 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #177 / 4180
  • Number of attempts: 4
-a-b-c- - 3213 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #99 / 1137
  • Number of attempts: 2
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10663 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #716 / 3683
  • Number of attempts: 4
Camusensei
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Ingénieur en Informatique, ancien joueur de LoL, fan de Mangas

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