Real Vim ninjas count every keystroke - do you?

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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: 24
  • Position: #2891 / 7442
  • Number of attempts: 3
Swap values - 4643 entries

Well, swap the values...

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #689 / 1274
  • Number of attempts: 2
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: #308 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 1
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: 15
  • Position: #453 / 755
  • Number of attempts: 1
Search and Replace 0 - 5004 entries

Replace every instance of 'aaa' with 'xaaax'.

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 14
  • Position: #1015 / 1630
  • Number of attempts: 1
Pretty multi-line bash - 235 entries

Bash line continuations are much prettier when they're column aligned.

  • Best score: 15
  • Best player score: 25
  • Position: #53 / 77
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paragraph breaks - 522 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #100 / 167
  • Number of attempts: 2
A grid of punctuation - 137 entries

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

  • Best score: 16
  • Best player score: 16
  • Position: #14 / 61
  • Number of attempts: 2
The name of the game - 671 entries

End up with the name of the game.

  • Best score: 11
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #217 / 362
  • Number of attempts: 1
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