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: 29
  • Position: #4790 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 3
V to the i - 4824 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #301 / 1899
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3404 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #101 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 10
I forgot quotes - 16051 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2615 / 4194
  • Number of attempts: 4
Harder than "abcd > a b c d" - 106 entries

Not as easy as the last challenge. This time, just one space between a and b, up to 25 spaces between y and z. (Removed some lines; diff was too long.)

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #33 / 47
  • Number of attempts: 2
Arūnas Smaliukas
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