Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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Played Challenges

Simple, Practical, and Common - 33724 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: 27
  • Position: #3772 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 9
Just the middle - 11484 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #528 / 4209
  • Number of attempts: 6
Basic renumbering - 5683 entries

Renumbering Basic.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #663 / 1269
  • Number of attempts: 4
Vice versa - 7945 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #116 / 2138
  • Number of attempts: 8
Collect List - 4305 entries

Convert to comma separated list.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #150 / 1191
  • Number of attempts: 8
I forgot quotes - 16022 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 10
  • Position: #328 / 4189
  • Number of attempts: 6

Contributed Challenges

A grid of punctuation - 137 entries

Create a checkerboard of = and - in an 80×24 grid!

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