Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33722 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: #182 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 12
V to the i - 4813 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #289 / 1897
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11483 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #469 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 2
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #422 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 7
Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #79 / 2138
  • Number of attempts: 7
Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #114 / 1191
  • Number of attempts: 7
Space out the alphabet - 1658 entries

Put 3 spaces between adjacent letters.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #41 / 445
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #288 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 6
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #129 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 6
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10682 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #833 / 3689
  • Number of attempts: 3
Compile C - 430 entries

You might have to get clever to do this one.

  • Best score: 19
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #12 / 141
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 12989 entries

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

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #384 / 3737
  • Number of attempts: 5
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