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Simple, Practical, and Common - 33648 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: 23
  • Position: #2466 / 7425
  • Number of attempts: 7
V to the i - 4810 entries

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

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #1119 / 1896
  • Number of attempts: 3
Just the middle - 11464 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #552 / 4202
  • Number of attempts: 3
Basic renumbering - 5673 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 19
  • Position: #753 / 1267
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7922 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #1918 / 2132
  • Number of attempts: 1
Order and join - 983 entries

There's something special about the input order.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #156 / 259
  • Number of attempts: 3
comments galore - 1045 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #322 / 424
  • Number of attempts: 2
I forgot quotes - 15997 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2505 / 4184
  • Number of attempts: 2
-a-b-c- - 3216 entries

Put hyphens everywhere.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #946 / 1138
  • Number of attempts: 1
Gray area - 747 entries

It's a golf metaphor or something.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #176 / 271
  • Number of attempts: 1
A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 ! - 10672 entries

A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014 !

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #894 / 3685
  • Number of attempts: 5
quotes inside quotes - 3165 entries

taken from tip 85 of the very good book 'Practical Vim: Edit Text at the Speed of Thought' ! I'd be interested what people use :)

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #627 / 1079
  • Number of attempts: 3
Words in parens - 12939 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #3568 / 3964
  • Number of attempts: 1
switch variable - 5079 entries

how fast can you switch two variable ?

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #388 / 1749
  • Number of attempts: 11
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