Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: #2517 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 7
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #2611 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 2
Extract argument from function - 2364 entries

The aim is to see if you can do some refactoring very fast.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #196 / 755
  • Number of attempts: 2
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 7
  • Position: #668 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 2
Remember VimGolf Rules ! - 264 entries

Rules, ... and don't forget !

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 8
  • Position: #79 / 142
  • Number of attempts: 1
Vice versa - 7953 entries

Little role switching.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #1039 / 2140
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #3613 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 2
Don't know what this is - 2024 entries

Replace contents of brackets with matching number of spaces. Don't ask what the format's supposed to be.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 12
  • Position: #216 / 586
  • Number of attempts: 8
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #2325 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 1
The meaning - 575 entries

Numbers are fun!

  • Best score: 5
  • Best player score: 5
  • Position: #274 / 363
  • Number of attempts: 1
Numbering a List - 1935 entries

Pretty simple, number the list.

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 20
  • Position: #345 / 654
  • Number of attempts: 7
The Cake is a Lie - 1365 entries

Correct the capitalization of each word

  • Best score: 9
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #220 / 532
  • Number of attempts: 2
Change the content of a string - 1600 entries

This docstring is a complete lie. Fix it.

  • Best score: 22
  • Best player score: 22
  • Position: #162 / 596
  • Number of attempts: 5
Simple text editing with Vim - 13017 entries

Make the pairs of lines match up by making each second line same as first

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1552 / 3745
  • Number of attempts: 4
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