Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33647 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: 27
  • Position: #3968 / 7425
  • Number of attempts: 2
V to the i - 4810 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #231 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11464 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3309 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 1
Basic renumbering - 5673 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #952 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 2
Mirror Symmetry - 822 entries

Add backslashes.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #12 / 269
  • Number of attempts: 3
readability - 327 entries

Make the code readable by adding some spaces

  • Best score: 18
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #41 / 152
  • Number of attempts: 3
I forgot quotes - 15997 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #2099 / 4184
  • Number of attempts: 3
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10672 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #2014 / 3685
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2868 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple text editing with Vim - 12841 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #358 / 3704
  • Number of attempts: 5
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