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: 30
  • Position: #5243 / 7447
  • Number of attempts: 3
One number per line - 18776 entries

Just give me the numbers.

  • Best score: 14
  • Best player score: 58
  • Position: #3849 / 3875
  • Number of attempts: 1
Every other line - 2916 entries

AaAaAaA

  • Best score: 12
  • Best player score: 13
  • Position: #114 / 705
  • Number of attempts: 5
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: 23
  • Position: #519 / 641
  • Number of attempts: 1
Just the middle - 11495 entries

Delete the instructions at the top and bottom.

  • Best score: 7
  • Best player score: 9
  • Position: #3473 / 4213
  • Number of attempts: 1
Paragraph breaks - 522 entries

Swap the blank lines and the aaa lines.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 15
  • Position: #148 / 167
  • Number of attempts: 3
Mute the second method of this script - 455 entries

prepend a # infront of every line of the second method

  • Best score: 8
  • Best player score: 11
  • Position: #231 / 239
  • Number of attempts: 1
I forgot quotes - 16038 entries

Oops.

  • Best score: 10
  • Best player score: 31
  • Position: #4111 / 4192
  • Number of attempts: 1
Words in parens - 12967 entries

We should all ace this, right?

  • Best score: 13
  • Best player score: 18
  • Position: #2940 / 3969
  • Number of attempts: 1
Joël Christ
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Junior Software Engineer @ @Avisi_IT

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