Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Replace markdown sections with numbering - 180 entries

Replace each section and subsection with their respective numbers

  • Best score: 29
  • Best player score: 123
  • Position: #50 / 55
  • Number of attempts: 1
Simple, Practical, and Common - 33742 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: #2516 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 11
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #1024 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2591 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 2
Split line with dots - 2154 entries

This line is too long, split it.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #50 / 635
  • Number of attempts: 6
Copy three lines - 2875 entries

If the site is up (by some miracle), make the text under every header identical.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #303 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 3
Wrap text in quotes - 368 entries

All the blocks of text should be wrapped in quotation marks.

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 17
  • Position: #55 / 122
  • Number of attempts: 5
Collect List - 4308 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #1052 / 1192
  • Number of attempts: 2
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