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: 22
  • Position: #255 / 7450
  • Number of attempts: 13
Swap values - 4644 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #548 / 1275
  • Number of attempts: 4
One number per line - 18780 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 28
  • Position: #3545 / 3877
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11500 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #2284 / 4216
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7968 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #1532 / 2144
  • Number of attempts: 2
comments galore - 1069 entries

Basic comment reformatting

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #47 / 428
  • Number of attempts: 3
Inner hyphens - 136 entries

Yet another hyphen challenge. Adding 5 hyphens to a file shouldn't be too hard.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #37 / 82
  • Number of attempts: 3
Count both ways - 1022 entries

Right AND down.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #112 / 354
  • Number of attempts: 3
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